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Well, we only went to Toronto over the summer. Nothing to blog about there, besides it was summer holidays so the kids did not have to keep up with their reading and writing. We will be going to Florida in March, so we will probably start this up again at that time.... read more

Well, we are back home now. We did not get a chance to write about Naples and the Amalfi Coast before we left, but we will try to post a bit tomorrow or Sunday. See everyone soon.... read more

Aujourd’hui on a vue l’Acropolis et le Tempe de Hephaestos. Quand on est sur l’Acropolis on a vue le Parthenon et le Erechtheum. Apres q’on a fini la tour d’Acropolis on a voir le Tempe de Hephaestos. C’est tempe est une de cinq tempe qui a une autel dans le tempe. On a va a une petit restaurant sur une rue. Le restaurant est dehors. J’ai a eux un gyro. C’est tres bon. Maintenant je suis sur le navire. Parle a tu demain.... read more

Hi everybody. Yesterday we were in Egypt. We took a two hour bus ride to get to the Pyramids of Giza. Everyone was trying to give us free stuff, but after they gave it to us they were asking for money. They called this Baksheesh, kinda like a tip. We took some pictures then we got back on the bus and went to the Sphinx of Giza. We got back on the bus and went to the desert for a jeep ride. I wanted to drive, but we weren’t allowed to. It took about a half an hour then we got out of the jeep and went to the camels. It took us about 45 minutes riding a camel. Me and Dad’s camel was called Columbus, Mom and Ty’s camel was called Telephone. I really liked ... read more

Yesterday we did manage to get to a water park. Bill and Wayne did not join us, because they had been up late gambling and drinking the night before and were too tired. So, it was just the girls and the kids. We were a little unsure about the currency in Cyprus, as I don’t think they have totally thrown away their old currency in favour of the Euro. I had nothing to fear, the taxi’s and the water park both gave me prices in Euros right away. I even paid the admission to the park by Visa. The morning was beautiful. The sun was out and it was quite warm with a bit of a wind. The kids had a great time. It is an awesome waterpark. There is a wave pool, and several slides, ... read more

Yesterday we were in Rhodes, Greece. I stayed at Adventure Ocean till about noon. In town we wanted to go see the Palace of the Grand Masters, but it was closed because of recent damage. Mom got us ice cream for lunch, then we wandered around town for about one hour and a half. On our way back to the cruise ship we stopped and had a gyro. A gyro is a pita wrapped around chicken, onions and tomato. It was very good. We sat down in a square where I dropped some of my gyro. All the pigeons came flying to my chicken that fell. The first one who got there started to follow us back to the ship when we left. Last night we did rock and roll night. We played freeze dance, where ... read more

Yesterday we arrived in Kusadasi Turkey. We had a guided tour of the ancient city of Ephesus, which was the first city to have a running water system. The tour was all walking downhill, we have taken many pictures of everything! Our driver dropped us off at the top, and picked us up some two hours later, the design of the city was very cool. We also visited the temple of Artemis, which is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, now just one standing column and a big pile of marble pieces. Now onto another day, after a slow (14 knot cruise) through the Greek archipelago we have docked on the island of Rhodes, a small but beautiful island, as the ship docked this morning the rain started to fall, heavy at times, ... read more