The highlight of our cruise on Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam was the day we spend in Santorini. This amazing island was probably the most picturesque place I’ve ever been. We then sailed to Argostoli, Cephalonia in the Ionian islands.
We spent two days in Istanbul, followed by Mitilini, Greece on the Island of Lesbos. The Nieuw Amsterdam then made her way to Kusadasi, Turkey where we explored the ancient city of Ephesus.
After sailing out of Venice, the first port of call on our “Mediterranean Empires” cruise on Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam was Katakolon, Greece followed by Piraeus (Athens), Greece…
I recently enjoyed US Airways business class / Envoy Suites from Philadelphia to Venice. Since they’ve started to merge with American Airlines, it is now possible to use your AAdvantage miles to fly on US Airways, and availability is quite good to Europe!
We spent two days in Venice at the Boscolo Venezia before the cruise, during which we sampled amazing Italian food and wandered the streets and canals of this magical place.
Starwood has announce a promotion for up to triple Starpoints for stays during Oktoberfest at any of their participating Munich properties, including the Four Points by Sheraton Munich Central.
So after writing this blog semi-regularly for four to five months, it became painfully apparent that it does, indeed take a good bit of serious time and effort in order to publish a decent quality blog on a regular basis. My last post was six months ago, as I was about to embark on my annual trip…
Introduction Ten Things I Did in Rio Getting There, Getting Around, and General Impressions Review: JW Marriott Rio de Janeiro As detailed in an earlier post, I decided to head on down to Rio for Labor Day for a weekend of sun, fun, and caipirinhas! Over four days and three nights, I managed to see…
Two weekends ago, I booked an impulsive, last-minute weekend trip to Anchorage, Alaska on a Wednesday night — my flight was scheduled for first thing on Friday morning. After a late Thursday night out in DC, I found myself at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport for an early-ish 7:45am flight to Chicago. Before I booked…
In early 2012, I started to really understand how to seriously accrue a ton of airline miles, and I began to travel on a regular basis using many of the things I learned. That year, I flew over 96,000 miles on a variety of trips. This year, I’ve already eclipsed 2012, by traveling over 100,000…