Cy7

Ciao - we had such wonderful time in Italy. The country is simply, beautiful. We started out in Pisa/Florence, and unfortunately we weren't too impressed with Florence - there are many other locations we've visited during our cruise that is more memorable. Rome, on the other hand, is charming. We did a quick tour around Rome and Vatican City, and we wish we had more time to spend here. We went to via Appia Antica, where some of the catacombs were located, and had the best meal on this excursion, as the only foreigners in the restaurant and Mama cooked our meal of pane and pasta! Very delicious. We also managed to check out the Bone Church in Via Veneto, which is very memorable. Amalfi Coast - where do I start? Beautiful region of Italy. Positano ... read more

This trip marks my second time in Greece. We started out in Greek capital of Athens, and while I didn't have the chance to visit the Acropolis (yeah, I decided to stay on the cruise boat!), but from what I've heard, the city is still beaming from the 2004 Summer Olympics with several major landmarks and sport stadiums built for the world event. Unfortunately, majority of these expensive buildings are boarded up and not open to the public, thus they are somewhat abandoned and will decay overtime; and just like the next door Parthenon, they could turn into ruins in a couple of years. And the subsequent trip to Santorini Island was always rewarding. We managed to do a 6-mile hike around the crater rim of the dormant volcano which made the whole island. There were ... read more

Greetings from Barcelona! I'm tagging along with Bryan and Jason to the Mediterranean Sea cruise, and here's our schedule. Mediterranean Excursions 2009 05/10/09 Barcelona, Spain 05/11/09 At Sea 05/12/09 Nice, France 05/13/09 Florence/Pisa, Italy 05/14/09 Rome, Italy 05/15/09 Naples/Capri, Italy 05/16/09 At Sea 05/17/09 Santorini, Greece 05/18/09 Athens, Greece 05/19/09 At Sea 05/20/09 Dubrovnik, Croatia 05/21/09 Venice, Italy 05/22/09 Venice, Italy ... read more

I'm tagging along with Amy and Rich (for their honeymoon) to Costa Rica - an amazing country in Central America. In many ways, this trip is unforgetable - mainly because we survived the 6.2 Scala Richer earthquake in the capital of San Jose's international airport. Costa Rica is a tropical paradise, and we're always surrounded by lush rainforest, and of course rain is happening quite often here. That's all for now, keep traveling. -Cy... read more

Hi all, I am in Montgomery - the capital of Alabama, in one of those quick passing-through transits. We did a highlight tour of some key interests of the city, including the State Capitol and the Civil Rights Museum which is famous for Maya Lin's black granite memorial in front of the building (Maya Lin is the designer of Washington DC's controversial Vietnam Memorial). You know what they say about Alabama - where the skies are blue! Until the next time, - Cy... read more