Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Bucket List Destinations for 2024

 

Will this be your year of travel?  In a world of confusion, wars, rumors of wars, and commotion, you can travel to more peaceful locations and check those dream locations off your bucket list.




For example, this May we are offering a French River Cruise en provence in Southern France.

https://www.rivierarivercruises.com/burgundy-the-river-rhone-provence-river-cruise

Or what about a trip up the inside passage as you explore the beauties of Alaska.

Celebrity Solstice - 7N Alaskan Hubbard Glacier Cruise June 2 -9, 2024

And this Fall, we are going to repeat our Caribbean adventure from last November, only this time we will explore the ABC islands.

https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-eclipse?icid=xplrsh_wrnssn_clb_hm_other_149


Visit https://www.journeyings.org/home for more details and prices.

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Costa d'Este!

 After a wonderful visit to the West Indies last week and then coming home to snow and below freezing weather, we are already looking for a beach get-away trip in January.  This is Black Friday weekend and tomorrow is Cyber Monday.

Our favorite Villa in Florida, the Costa d'Este is running a promotion of up to 40% off.  So yesterday we booked our flights to Florida and will be staying at the Costa d'Este January 21-26, 2024. We discovered Vero Beach 4 years ago and this will be our third visit.  Owners, Gloria and Emilio Estefan have brought Miami's chic style and sophistication to Vero Beach - a largely undiscovered treasure a couple of hours North of Miami.  We love the white sand, the quality restaurants, and the refreshing orange slushies combined with vanilla ice cream.


Here are some photos of the resort:




So if you want to join us, please call Costa d'Este now or book online and join us.

Costa d'Este  https://www.costadeste.com/

Address3244 Ocean Dr, Vero Beach, FL 32963
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Saturday, November 18, 2023

St. Kitts

 A delightful island experience to end our tour - we rode a train along the coast of St. Kitts.




I had shared with the tour group an experience we had during our mission when we took a flight home from Barbados and the plane could not land in Trinidad due to a goat on the runway.  It circled for an hour, flew to Tobago to refuel and then returned to Trinidad.  Not one person grumbled.  They just laughed and cheered.  Such is the Caribbean culture.  And here is a picture of a goat that was on the train track before we passed by.


Friday, November 17, 2023

Martinique

 Martinique is a French island with a population of over 300,000.  What is sobering is that in 1908 there were 28,000 people destroyed in 7 seconds from the eruption of Mt. Pele, a volcano, that spewed out lava as rain rather than rolling down the hillside.


We took a tour through lucious rainforests and Diane and I met up with the Occoliers, and drove around the city looking at the Church buildings where we met during our mission.  Lionel is now the district president.


Thursday, November 16, 2023

St Lucia

Oprah once said that of the top places to see before you die, the Pitons of St. Lucia should be at the top of the list.  So we introduced our group to the Pitons.


We took a catamaran to Sugar Beach in near the Pitons and did a mud back, a water fall, and had a wonderful time.










Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Barbados

 A perfect day!  We went to the best beach on the island (Carlisle) and swam with the turtles and snorkeled around a shipwreck.




The water is warm and is my favorite spot for swimming in the West Indies.


Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Antigua

After a long, winding tour of the island up to its highest peak, Shirley Heights, we had a good view of the shoreline. 


The highlight of the day was the Jolly Beach, one of the most popular of the island's 365 beaches.


You can see that the sargasm (seaweed that plagues the Caribbean, has hit this beach, but they keep it under control.

Bucket List Destinations for 2024

  Will this be your year of travel?  In a world of confusion, wars, rumors of wars, and commotion, you can travel to more peaceful locations...