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Here's a brief synopsis of some of the recent cruises and other vacations Nancy and I have enjoyed. Click on the photos to visit with us.

beach

2010 Caneel Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands

Nancy and I celebrated her birthday on the beach.

French laundry building

2009 The French Laundry

A visit to the best restaurant in the U.S.?

giraffe

2008 Safari West

Nancy and I visited an African game reserve in Sonoma County, California.

nancy

2006 Alaska Cruise-Tour

Nancy and I spent two weeks in Alaska with Princess Cruise lines. The first week was land travel from Fairbanks to Anchorage, including Denali National Park. The second week was on the Sapphire Princess from Anchorage to Vancouver, B.C.

map

2005 Mexican Riviera Cruise

We took a 10 day cruise over the Christmas holiday break on Holland America Lines, traveling from San Diego, concentrating on the Sea of Cortez.

Space needle

2003 Pacific Northwest

We visited the Pacific Northwest over the Fourth of July holiday week, including Seattle and Portland.

Kangaroo

2002 South Australia

We returned to Australia and centered our activities around Adelaide, which is one of the most significant wine regions. We also had two interesting days on Kangaroo Island.

Ship

2001 Mediterranean Cruise

We took a luxurious two weeks vacation on Windstar Cruise Line for our 25th wedding anniversary. We sailed from Lisbon to Nice with many stops including Tangier, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, and Cannes.

Hal+bottle

2002 Bordeaux Wine Tour

Hal traveled on an extensive wine tasting tour of the Bordeaux region in France, starting in Paris, and visiting a number of great châteaux.

Sydney

2000 Australia Millennium

We traveled to Australia to celebrate the new millennium (meaning January 1, 2001). We spent the majority of the time near Sydney and Melbourne.

Kramer

New York City Restaurant Reviews

I spent a year of heavy traveling to Wall Street with Sun Microsystems and wrote up a number of restaurants recommendations, originally for the edification of my fellow travelers at Sun.