Jon and I are traveling again this 2007 summer. On this trip we have joined Jon’s grandmother Camille, who if you haven’t met is a delight. She has been on the ship for a few weeks and we are doing the last leg of the Cruise with her. Our cruise is on the Crystal Cruise line which is utterly fantastic. We are on the Adriatic and Aegean Adventure from Sept 12 to Sept 26th. You can check out our destinations on www.crystalcruises.com and we are on number 7322. We arrived in Venice for a few nights and stayed at the Europa [View Full Entry]

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We have had such a fantastic time on our trip! To be in Paris for the last full day was fantastic. We woke up walked along the Seine, walked by the Lourve. We then went and did a quick tour of my favorite paintings on the 5th floor of the Musee d'Orsay. There was a special exibit there of Cezanne to Van Gogh as well that was excellent. We had lunch at one of our favorite spots, Fauchon and then headed to the Eiffel Tower. We had a fantastic sushi dinner at the Budha Bar. This was the best last [View Full Entry]

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Paris Europe » France » Ile de France » Paris By The Martini s July 15th 2007 Kelly Martin July 11, 2007 We said goodbye to Sara, Brain and Beth today. Beth took us to the train station and we are now on a TGV train from Lausanne to Paris. We have met some [View Full Entry]

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July 10, 2007 Yesterday we took the Gatwick express to head to Geneva to visit Beth and Brian. Beth picked us up from the airport. They had been in France for a bike race that Brian was doing so we picked up Isabella the dog from the Kennel and then Sara their daughter of about 1 ½ from day care/school. The day care/school looked like a little Swiss chalet. They live in a beautiful part of Lausanne. Their four level place has an amazing view of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva). Brian cooked a beautiful duck dinner with crispy leeks and [View Full Entry]

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July 6, 2007 Today we left Italy and had to head back to Croatia to catch our flight back to London. The Tour de France starts in London this weekend and Jon is very excited to see it all. The Rijecka airport is actually on the island of Krk. We drove from Trieste, through Slovenia and then back to Croatia. There was a bridge to get to Krk Island. We checked out the little town of Krk. Krk was a really small cute little seaside town. The Rijeka airport is crazy. This is the smallest little place. The building looks [View Full Entry]

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We made it to Trieste and decided just to stay near the main square at the Jolly Hotel. We had stayed in a Jolly in Milan and it was nice. So after a little driving we checked in. We had the lady at the front desk call the restaurant that our friend Fabio and Jessica Flagellio had recommended to make a reservation. Our friend Fabio went to cooking school with the chef Fabio Fortuna that cooks at this restaurant in Trieste. The restaurant was located right on the main Riva near the main Unitca square and is called Il Nastro [View Full Entry]

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July 5, 2006 Yesterday we slept in at the Jolly hotel in Trieste. We had breakfast and it was another beautiful sunny day. Jon loves the cappuccino in Italy. We shopped all day. Trieste is not really a tourist destination but it is in Italy so they still have shopping all round the main Utica Square. Jon found some Etro shorts and some cool tan leather Italian shoes. I found 2 Galliano dresses and some Prada shoes. We had lunch at the perfect little spot; Bok. It was a procsiuttoria so we had prosciutto and melon, mozzarella balls and bread. [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday we walked across the street from our hotel and got two beach chairs and an umbrella and laid by the sea. Jon went swimming. We had lunch at the little grill near our beach chairs. Jon ordered a hamburger that was definitely not your traditional American burger. There was some red pepper puree’ sauce, maybe a little vinegar and who knows what else on a huge half loaf of French bread with some beef inside. The bread in Croatia is really soft and so good. We got some gelato and headed back to our hotel for the internet connection [View Full Entry]

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Hvar Town, Hvar Island Croatia Europe » Croatia » Hvar By The Martini s July 3rd 2007 Kelly Martin June 30, 2007 Last night we had a yummy dinner at a restaurant called Hanibal. We had some local Hvar Rose’ wine and dinner with lots of fish. Jon gave me some gorgeous gold circular earrings and matching ring for my anniversary pres [View Full Entry]

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July 1, 2007 We drove to a little town called Stari Grad (Old Town) and put the car on a big ferry headed to Split. It was a 2 hr ferry ride. While we were on the ferry we passed though a very narrow strait of two islands. As we were coming into Split hanging out on the outside deck there was a dark cloud over the city and there were the most amazing bolts of lightning every few minutes and then you would hear booms of thunder. It was a truly amazing sky. We got back into our car [View Full Entry]

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