12 Day Cruise with Holland America

Well were are down to the last few days here and I am busy checking that all our contact in Europe know we are coming. Its always great to see old friend s and make the touring experiance an enjoyable one for the tour group.
I will be downloading photographs of the tour so you can see where we are share in this experiance so keep watching

Bon Voyage!

Tuscany 2011

This is another one of our favourtie destinations in Europe. We first went to Tuscany last May and thought it was so nice we went back there with a tour in Sept. It is every thing you may have thought Tuscany would be and better when you are there. the hill top towns, the vine yards & olive groves it was really a experiance that has to be experianced.

So this June we return again for another tour and we are looking forward to going to a few places we have not seen before and of course return to a few favourite places like Cortona & Florence to name just a few. Traveling around Tuscany is a relaxing experiance and its one of the few places we have been where time just passes by and you don't really care about when its time to go home. The food was great and the wine was not too bad either and when you are over looking the town court that is 5 hundred years old its hard not to feel very lucky to have the experiance.
We will post some photographs of our travels and inspire you to join us next spring as we have already been asked to run another tour! Arrivederci!! 

12 Day Cruise with Holland America

Well our departure day is quickly approaching as we get ready for our return trip to Venice. This has to be one of the most fascinating cities in Europe and I always enjoy going there. We are fortunate this year we will have 2 days using the ship as our hotel which is going to great. Great food on board the ship, great accommodations and great scenery over looking Venice.

Croatia, Greece, Turkey and the Greek Islands are just a few of the places we will be going to see I will be entering when I can some up date of where we have been and our thought on the cruise.

May 22nd to June 11th follow us around the Aegean Sea 

Surprise Yourself Come to see Scotland

Birth place of Pontious Pilate is in Scotland

From Aberfeldy, visit the stunning natural beauty of Loch Tay and the conservation village of Kenmore; the unique iron age Scottish Crannog Centre; Perthshire's highest mountain Ben Lawers at 1214 m (3984 feet); and Glen Lyon, 'the longest and loveliest glen in Scotland'. Glen Lyon stretches for 34 miles, with some of Perthshire's finest scenery.

The area also boasts the 16th century tower house Castle Menzies, and Fortingall, a village where, legend has it, Pontious Pilate, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, was born. Fortingall is also home to the Fortingall Yew, a tree between 3000 and 5000 years old that is believed to be the oldest living thing in Europe.

In all my years of travelling around Scotland I was never aware of this information, so Pontious was a Scot!

VisitScotlands Expo

Leaving this evening for Scotland. Going to Scotland's travel show called Expo which is being held in Aberdeen April 12-14th. This is a large show which gathers vender's from all over Scotland. Will give me a chance to see what new and exciting for the coming year.

For the first few days I will be touring on the isle of Islay & Jura off the west coast. I have seen the islands from the main land and actually flew over Jura last Oct and I was very impressed with the unspoiled landscape. Very few people live on the island but I still think its worth going over for the day to see whats there. So watch out for the pictures and videos, you won't be disappointed.

Islay is also a great wee place to visit and I am looking forward to touring around and may even take in one of the eight distillery's on the island.   

Agency organizes Titanic commemoration cruises - Travel Weekly

Agency organizes Titanic commemoration cruises - Travel Weekly: "Both ships are scheduled to depart on April 8, 100 years to the day after the Titanic left Southampton on its doomed maiden voyage to New York. The Balmoral sailing went on sale last September, and the ship already is sold out, Morgan said, adding that he expects the Journey to fill up fast when tickets go on sale Monday, April 4."