Day 1 We have begun a new adventure! An early morning (4:30 a.m.) has found me meeting with Warren in Bangor, Maine. I meet Jack, Warren's chief pilot, at his house in Simi Valley to carpool to Santa Monica airport for the first leg of the trip to Athens, Greece. Warren has flown commercial to Bangor, Maine a day ahead of time to rest up for today's flight (8hrs. 50mins.) to Greece. I arrive in Bangor in 5hrs. It was an uneventful flight on the Gulfstream IV, which is a good thing. When flights are eventful that usually means something is terribly wrong. In Bangor, Warren and Brian (the co-pilot) hop aboard and switch command with the previous crew. Warren is looking very Johnny Cash in his all black uniform and emerging go-tee. The flight from ... read more

Day 13 We rise early head to airport and we're off to Iguazu Falls on New Year's Eve day. The flight is about 2hours. As we approach the airport, Warren and Brian receive clearance to do a fly over the falls. Who needs a helicopter tour when you can fly over the falls in a private jet (Spoiled!). Upon landing, our handlers, the people that help us when we fly into these places, are ready to usher us to the Sheraton and have pre-arranged a tour of the falls for us. As we approach the front desk to check in, we can already begin to enjoy the beautiful views. The back drop of the front desk is an entire glass wall overlooking the tropical falls. We drop our bags in our room, grab a bite to ... read more

Day 11 This day is another lounge day. We spent the morning watching t.v. in bed and updating our blog with pics and videos. For lunch we walked across the nearby bridge over the old port waterway near our hotel. During the walk over the bridge it began to sprinkle and we quickened our steps. The bridge is called "Woman Bridge". The name is fitting because all of the streets in B.A. are named for women. The restaurant we chose was very tasty! As we ate our lunch the sprinkles turned to rain. Under the front entryway of the restaurant we waited for the rain to slow. We found our moment and began rapidly walking towards the hotel. All of a sudden, the sky reopened and began dumping water. Luckily, the air is warm and the ... read more

Day 9 Today we met at the tour company at 6:50 A.M. to begin our penguin excursion trip. I made sure to take motion sickness pills prior to leaving the hotel. We will be travelling on a bus as well as a boat. The bus took us 30 minutes to a small boat ramp. There were approximately 30 people packed like sardines onto a small boat with a friendly crew. The conditions on the water were very choppy and I am thankful for remembering to take the motion sickness pills. On the way to the island the boat begins to lull me to sleep. I leaned back on Warren and rested my head on his arm. He makes a comfortable pillow and I doze off. I awake to Warren laughing as well as the couple across ... read more

Day 7 Although the location implies that we are in El Calafate, we will end up in Punta Arenas today via Ushuaia. We left El Calafate today, our favorite place so far, for Punta Arenas. On our way to Punta Arena we stopped in Ushuaia. Ushuaia is the southern most city in the world. The weather was quickly moving into Ushuaia so it was wise to keep our visit short if we wanted to make it to our next destination. It was not as cold as one might expect, although it was very windy. We had just enough time to snap some photos at the airport and then hop back on board. But how many people can say they have been to the southern most city in the world on Christmas of all days? When we ... read more