A trip on USA West coast. We discovered the beautiful region of Santa Cruz, California. We went also in Monteray, California (Aquarium) - Las Vegas, Nevada - Palm Springs, California. We drove along the coast, and visited Hearst Castle.
Onboard Jewel of the Seas (Royal Caribbean), the cruise sailed out of San Juan, Porto Rico and stopped in: Bridgetown, Barbados - Fort De France, France - Castrie, Sainte Lucie - Phillipsburg, Sint Marteen. We stopped in Chicago, Illinois on our way to San juan.
Onboard Noordam (Holland America) We sailed out of Auckland, New Zealand to go to Sydney, Australia. We stopped in New Zealand in Gismore, and Wellington. In Australia, we stopped in Hobbart (Tasmania), and Melbourne. On our way to the cruise, we sent a day in Dusseldorf, Germany and a day in Hong Kong, China
Onboard Harmony of the Seas (Royal Caribbean), we sailed out of Fort Lauderdale. Stops: Labadee, Haiti - San Juan, Porto Rico and St Marteen. Side trips in Orlando and New York city.
Alba is a little town Near Turin in Italy. White Truffle grows under Hazelnut trees in this area. Alba white truffle is so good! Every year in Automn, Alba truffle fair is the place to be! Locals planted a lot of Hazelnut trees to get more truffles, and it works! But they had so many Hazelnuts that a guy had the idea to create a chocolate paste called Nutella. (Alba is where Nutella was born). Alba and the region produce also very good wines (Barolo). And they have a lot of excellent restaurants!
Our trip started in Berlin, Germany - New York City - Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona. We drove to Vail, Colorado and visited Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Lower Antelope Canyon, and Monument Valley.
Chambley Hot Air Balloon Festival is the biggest worldwide baloon air meeting. It happens every two years. Chamblay is a french village in east of France.
We Spent a few days in Sitges, Spain before the cruise. Onboard Constellation (Celebrity) we sailed out of Barcelona, Spain. The cruise stop in Palma de Majorque and Ibiza, Spain - in La Valette, Malta - Catania, Italy - Corfu, Greece - Dubrovnik, Croatia - Koper, Slovenia. We arrived in Venice, Italy.
Our Traditional trip to Gaydays in Orlando, Florida. Highlights are as usual Riptide in Typhoon Lagoon (Private party by night in phe water park) and Saturday Gay Day in Magic kingdom: All gay and gay friendly people are invited to wear red. We were able to try also the brand new Pandora in Animal Kingdom (Avatar). We LOVED Flight of Passage!
