I know what you are probably thinking.... Uruguay??? It's not exactly on most American's radar. However this was quite a nice country to...

Yet another relaxing day at sea. Tonight I had dinner with the hotel director. He was a very interesting fellow and had been with the...

Finally vacation starts... Today is one of only two sea days on the trip, so it was a chance to recover. I received a letter today...

Last day visiting Brazil. The port is Santos, Brazil - famous for Pele. I took an excursion through the ship to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The...

In the morning the weather looked like it would rain all day today, but as soon as I got to shore the weather cleared up and it was a...

Arrived in Buzios on time, this is a tendered port, but with the ship not being overly large and not being very full the tendering...

The museums in Rio don't open until noon, and I've seen a lot of Rio already. I walked to the bonde station (🚎 trolley) near the...

I started the day by packing my bag, checking out of the hotel and storing my bags there. I took the public bus to the Botanical Gardens...

I started the day by taking the metro to Cinelandia and taking the free walking tour. http://riofreewalkingtour.com/?/passeio/11/downtown...

Arrived in Rio de Janeiro early... In fact I passed through customs, immigration, and an ATM, took a taxi and arrived at my hotel at 0800....

After working in the morning I drove to the Stockholm Arlanda airport. For those who think my day job is glamorous - I didn't even get to...

The original plan was to drive to Stockholm this evening and relax and explore in the morning.... Original plan.... Luckily I found out...

I wandered around Norrköping for a little while this evening in my free time (sunset was around 4 PM). Here's one picture I took during...

Arrived in Norrköping with the obligatory stop enroute at the US Embassy.... (McDonald's). A couple of pictures of my room at the Elite...

Arrived in Stockholm... Picked up hire car, a brand new (only 10 kilometers on it) Audi A4. Managed to connect Bluetooth which is great...

By some miracle I managed to make my connecting flight to Stockholm. If you ever think it's a good idea to fly through Frankfurt....it...

First class had it's own queue, so getting on the A380 was quite pleasant... Only 8 seats here, so should be a very enjoyable flight. No...

Current Itinerary: Tomorrow (Dec 6): Fly to Sweden (First flight is in 1st class on an A380 [Lufthansa] to Frankfurt then onto Stockholm,...

I think this is the first time I've ever had my passport stamped entering the US... The global entry kiosks were having serious...

It's been a while since I've been lucky enough to fly Qatar Airways. They've installed new larger seats on their 777. (I was originally...