South America Cruise #5~ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: On this port day Larry had to work a lot, however, we were still able to wander off the ship for a little while in the morning. Shortly after, we stumbled upon a little market where we bought Havianas (Brazilian flip-flops) for some family members back home. When Larry had to get back on the ship, I thought I would show Nicole the café that we went to last time, Colombo Confeitaria. We had a lovely lunch there and then did a little shopping before heading back onboard. Buenos Aires, Argentina - Day [View Full Entry]

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Cruise #4: Valparaiso, Chile: This was the start of the cruise for us, and not the greatest start for me. I had been experiencing some tooth pain, and so I had the ship book me a dentist appointment, and ended up having a root canal performed! What a day! Afterwards, I met up with Larry and my friend Nicole for a little lunch up at our favorite spot - the top of Ascensor Concepcion. Here we had lunch at Café Turri, which was absolutely delicious. Afterwards we took a walk and did a little grocery shopping before we had to board [View Full Entry]

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~Cruise #3~ Rio de Janeiro: This was the first day of our new cruise, and so our time ashore in Rio wasn’t as long as it was the prior days. Also, it was pretty rainy out, so Larry and I decided to head to a popular little old-style tearoom called the Confeitaria Colombo. Here we had lunch and did a lot of people-watching, as this place happens to be right in the middle of downtown Rio and becomes quite busy during midday. Afterwards we did a little shopping. Buenos Aires: This was my first official day in Buenos Aires, however, unfortunately [View Full Entry]

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Cruise #2: Hi everyone! Well, this blog is going to be all about our 2nd cruise ship voyage: From Valparaiso, Chile all the way to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is one of our regular routes that we will be taking for the next couple of months, but since this was our first time in all of these ports, we took a lot of pictures! Also, this cruise was especially special since we celebrated both Christmas and New Year’s Eve! We hope you enjoy~ Valparaiso, Chile: Once we reached Valparaiso, we sadly had to leave some very sweet passengers that we [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, Well, here it is…hopefully what you’ve all been waiting for - our first cruise blog! Now this cruise was our first, although it is not actually an itinerary that we repeat often. It was kind of called a “repositioning cruise” to take us from San Diego to Valparaiso, Chile…because for the next few months we have and will continue to do a regular route from Valparaiso to Rio de Janeiro (3 of which will include Antarctica!). It was also not a “regular” cruise for us because Melanie had many more rehearsals than she does now to learn all [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, OK, so now we’re getting somewhere…we’re finally almost to the blogs from our cruise ship - we just have this one more to post first. This blog is about the 6 weeks that Melanie spent in Los Angeles rehearsing for all the shows she is now performing on the ship, and the couple of weeks Larry came out to join her (not to dance, of course), but to see and catch up with good friends. Melanie’s rehearsals were long and tiring - about 8 hours / day, but sometimes more, with only a one-hour break for lunch. Her and [View Full Entry]

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Hi family & friends, This blog is about some of the things we did our last month in Korea. Even though we were very busy our last month selling our stuff (our Kia Avella - “Snowflake,” some home appliances, etc.) and packing up the rest to bring home to our storage facilities (both our parents’ homes!), we still found some time to see some friends and do some things that we had wanted to do before leaving Korea. The first set of photos from this blog is from our day trip to a Korean theme park called “Lotte World.” Lotte World [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! This blog is from a little weekend trip Larry and I took over Chuseok - the Korean Thanksgiving holiday - this past September. We decided that since we would soon be leaving Korea to start a new adventure at the end of this month, that we should use this vacation to see an area of the country that we have not yet seen. Jeju Island in Korea, sometimes described by the locals as an ideal honeymoon destination, seemed like a wonderful place to go! And it was, as we had a fabulous time! As you can see by the [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, Long time, no talk, huh? Well, hopefully now we can take the time while we’re on our ship and catch up on our travelblog entries. We still have a few to make up from our last couple of months in Korea, then we’ll move into Melanie’s rehearsals and our time together in L.A., and then finally, we’ll start doing some cruise ship entries. Eventually, our goal is to do a blog for each cruise we do, and include pictures from each port of call! Wish us luck!! So, this blog is from a little weekend trip we took back [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, Well, this blog is long overdue...since we've already sent out Indonesia, Part I a few weeks ago, and the actual trip was back at the end of June...but, here it is anyway! So, last we left you we were on the beautiful island of Lombok (just east of Bali) in a southern city called Kuta. Well, we had a WONDERFUL time in Kuta, but now it was time to fly over to Bali and see what that island had to offer. We were especially excited because of all the amazing stories we've heard about Bali...and let's not forget the [View Full Entry]

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