Tour operator was Skyway Tours. Stayed at Hotel Mundial in Lisbon. Great hotel with a great location. Stayed at Hotel Vila Gale Cerro Alagoa .

Sailed on the NCL Encore from Miami to Los Angeles . Ports of call Cartagena , Columbia, Panama City Panama, Puerto Quetzal Guatemala, Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Cabo San Lucas . I really enjoyed all the excursions.

Globus August 8th to August 16th 2022.  Britain Sampler Bus tour visited London England, Stonehenge , Bath, Liverpool, Edinburgh Scotland and York .  In  Edinburgh  I attended the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo performance.  In London went to Back to the Future musical at Adelphi Theatre.    Avalon River Cruise August 16h to August 23th:  Paris to Normandy. Ports of call where, Vernon, Les Andelys, Caudebec, Rouen, Conflans and Paris.   In Vernon I went to Monet's Muses . The flower and water gardens where amazing.  Went on a full day Tour of the British and Canadian commemorative sites.    

08May2022-Golden Tulip Rome Piram Hotel 13May-21May 2022 Sailed on the Norwegian Escape from Rome.  The ports of calls where  Athens, Mykonos, Corfu,   Valletta Malta , Messina, Naples, Florence Pisa, Rome.

Sailed on the Ovation of the Seas from Vancouver to Seattle (May 13-May 24).  The ship is large and very nice.  This was the first Sailing for the Ovation of the Seas into Alaska.  The ports of calls where Icy Strait Point Alaska, Stika , Hubbard Gacier (cruising), Juneau , Skagway and Endicott Arm Dawes Glacier (cruising).    

The river cruise started in Remich and ended in Nuremberg.  We cruises on the Moselle River the Rhine Gorge , Main River and Main Danube Canal.  Stayed at Le Royal in Luxembourg the night before the cruise.  This hotel was in a great location near shops and dining.  Places we visited in Germany, Trier, Bernkastel  , Rudesheim , Miltenberg, Wurzburg, Bamberg and Rothenburg.  Every day we had had an included walking tour and free time.  You can purchase optional excursions as well.  I really enjoyed the tour in Trier which is  Germany's oldest city with ancient Roman remnants.  After the cruise we took a bus to Prague and stayed at The Alcron Hotel.   The hotel was in a great location.  Took a tour to Terezin Memorial which is a WWII concentration camp.         

The River cruise started in Budapest and ended in Amsterdam.  We cruised  on the Danube River, Main River and the Rhine River.  Places we visited  , Budapest Hungary, Bratislava Slovakia, Vienna and Melk Austria.  Places visited in German was Passau, Regensburg, Nuremberg, Bamberg, Wurzburgm Rudesheim and Cologne.  Most days we had an included walking tour and free time.  You can purchase optional excursions as well.  I really enjoyed the Jordaan Foodie Walking tour in Amsterdam.  My highlight was taking a tour to Salzburg which was the setting for the Sound of Music Movie.  The staff on board the ship where friendly and very helpful.  The food was delicious.  The Panorama Suites was spacious and loved how the bed was facing the wall to wall windows.             

Auckland Hotel:  Skycity Hotel Auckland-Very nice hotel great location , 20 minute walk to the pier, close to shops and restaurants.  Rangitoto Isalnd Volcanic Explorer tour.  Best of Both world tour.  Visited the War Museum in Auckland.   Waiheke Island Explorer Tour, Waitomo Caves and Hobbiton Movie Set . Rotorua Hotel Lake Rotorua.  Went to visit the Te Puia Thermal Reserve, The Agrodome.  Evening Hangi and Concert-Journey of Ages Queenstown-Heartland Hotel Queenstown-Economy Hotel located up a steep cliff.  Great location near shops and restaurants.  Skyline Gondola and Buffet Dinner,  very nice views and really good food.  Also did the Luge at this complex.  Wilderness Jet of Dart River , this was a lot of fun and the scenery was amazing.  Went on the steamship TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm for a Gourmet BBQ Dinner.  Skipper Canyon 4WD tour was very interesting.  The scenery was amazing but the road is very narrow.   

Trafalgar Northern Spain Tour.  I really enjoyed myself on this tour.  The best part is having a tour director and driver to take care of the details.  Visited Madrid, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Santander, Covadonga, Oviedo, Zamora, Salamanca, Toledo.        

Stayed at the Riu Negril.  Very nice area and food was great.  Took a tour to Rick's Café, The Caves, Margaretville and Swimming with the Dolphins.    

Stayed at a quaint little place in Fort Lauderdale called the Kira-Mar.    Half hour walk to Fort Lauderdale Beach and a  Two minute walk to Los Olas.  Near a lot of great restaurants. Some of the activities I did in Fort Lauderdale was the TortugaFest, Wonder-Munch Food and History Tour  and Jungle Queen Riverboat Dinner Cruise and Show.  Took an Airboat Ride of the Everglades with Captain Wayne.  Harmony of the Seas-Beautiful large ship.  Dining and shows where amazing.  A lot of activities for teens and children.  Some area of ship for adults only.  The ports of call where, Jamaica, Cozumel and Labadee.  In Jamaica I went to Blue Waters Beach Escape, beautiful beach.  Cozumel had a lot of shopping right at port as did Jamaica. 

Travelled the First Passage to the West in Silver Leaf Service.  Vancouver, Kamloops, Banff.  Stayed at the Hotel Five 540 Forty in Kamloops and the Banff Caribou Lodge in Banff.  The train was very relaxing and the scenery was amazing.      

The hotel was very nice and clean.  Large property with several pools.   The food at the buffet and a la carte restaurants where great.  Really enjoyed the coffee bar.  The beach was a dark sand beach and there was an undertow.     Was there to attend a wedding. 

Italy was an amazing country to visit.   Venice was very interesting and I loved all the bridges.  Very easy to get around by water taxi.  We stayed at Ca'Amadi which was a small place located on the second floor.  It was tucked away in an alley but was walking distance to a lot of sights.  I took a  water taxi to Burano which is a beautiful place that is known for lacemaking and very colorful houses. Then to Murano which is know for glass making .  Lido had beautiful sandy beaches and great restaurant was a short water taxi ride from Venice. Florence was such a beautiful city and the outside of the Duomo took my breath away.  It was very easy to take day tours from Florence.  One of the day tours was to Cinque Terre which I visit Manarola, Vernazza and Corniglia.  Took a wine tour to Castellina in Chianti, Montalcino and Montepalciano.  Highlight of my stay was going to Castello Del Trebbio for a cooking class and wine tasting. In Rome I stayed at Panorama Repetta wonderful accommodate about 10 minute walk to the Spanish Steps.  Rome has a wonderful subway system and I visited all the tourist site.      

Hotel is on a really nice beach.  Stayed in the Junior Suite Rooms which where very spacious and clean.  Food at the a la carte and buffets where great.  Hotel Staff was friendly and helpful.   

Stayed in the Hotel Section All Inclusive.  The hotel is located at the end of Varadero strip near Las Morlas Shopping Centre and Marina.   Staff at the Melia were friendly and helpful.  Hotel is very clean and modern.  Pool is large and kept clean.  The beach is about a two minute walk from the pool over a walking bridge.  There is also a shuttle that will bring you to the beach where  there is a restaurant and bar.  Food at the A La Carte  restaurants where very good.  Ate at Don Ernesto, Don Peperoni and Casa Burguete. The shopping center had a disco($) and bowling($)