The Galapagos Islands

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This was a good time for us all very casual and so laid back.
Swimming with the turttles and the sea lions was the highlight of the trip.

The last 8 or so pictures are of Quito, Ecuador the Galapagos are just off of the coast of Ecuador.

The animals are so used to people that you could just walk upa nd take the pictures.
This was so interesting.

Machu Picchu, Peru

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Gilmar, was our gide for this trip. He has to be one of the best guides that we have ever had on any of our tours. It is a lot of fun traveling with Billy and Myron. They are so easy to send the time with......
You will see us strattl'n the equator, taking the Orient Express up to Machu Picchu, shopping in the local outdoor "mall",,, we had a ball.

Words can not describe how amazing Machu Picchu is in person. The how did they do that is not enough...... spacemen, that is the only explaination. This was all done prior to the Incas having any form of writting.......

5 -10 - 16 ton stones grond down so flat that they are table tops, fitting so close together that you can not slide a knife blade between them. It is beautiful, the people are friendly, the food is great,,,,, what more could one ask...

Rome ,,, Italy

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Ok Ok,,,, Im back with the pictures. Getting off the ship. St. Peters, Sistine Chapel, The Vatican, yes American Modern had arranged the private tour of the Sistine Chapel,,,
,,,Cappella Sistina
Wellwellwell that was a great way to cap it off,

then one last beautiful hotel, then up and at em and home

Elba, Italy

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Well, as you can see,,, this is close to the end of the vacation and we are getting tired. Very few photos. The best is Jill coming out of jewlery store, bought our Locman watches to remember the cruise by,,, not that it will take all that much to remember this great time.

Portofino, Italy - July 2006

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This is a beautiful location. The pictures can not do it justice. Up at the Splendido Hotel Jill had to have a hat for $50.00 thank you very much.......

Notice that even the little old ladies ride scooters. See the yachts, wow, these are some big boats,, i wonder how many rentals it would take to buy one of those!!!!!

But, this is the prettiest place that we have been to yet.

Golfo Stella -- justa day at play

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Went water sking for the first time in ,,,, oh,,,,, 15 years, good to be able to say when someone asks, " when is the last time you went water sking" to be able to say 'oh when is was in the Med, around the Golfo Stella, I just love the water there don't you?"

Look at Larry and Jill Thum on the back of the banana tube, she looks good,,,,,he looks wet don't ya think!!!!! Fall off a little Larry?

Corsica

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Corsica has the great olive oil. We bought some at the little 'store' up in the mountains. Then we bought some more in the market along with the fruit......

This was a great sight seeing trip around the countryside, wow are the roads narrow. So pretty but nobody around. They were too smart, it was hot and they were out of there......

Puerto Venere

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This was just as beautiful as it looks. The area is fantastic, would not want to live there. Those terraced hills are where the grapes grow and in the old days they took them up the hill in a basket,,,,, on foot. WOW

Cinque Terra is that coast line that we went down. The little towns along the way where we would pull into were just as pretty as they look in the picture.

Jill had to have her coffee.

Monte Carlo,,,, Eze,,, The Palace Day 2

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Hot and humid. But, that is so beautiful and being able to stay at the Hotel de Paris, well words can not say how fun that was.

The yachts, the 60 footers, when they pulled out to the port, looked small compared to the truely big ones. Those guys are not selling rental insurance for a living that is for sure.

the first Dinner and the first day in Monte Carlo

The first Dinner and the 1st day in Monte Carlo


well, i hope that i did this correctly,
we had dinner, 2 1/2 hours, but it was beautiful,

then the next day the people from Mod started to arrive and Sue Hal and Jill and I took aq quick tour of the Monte Carlo area,,,, it is small,,, but beautiful.

There are so many places to spend money that it is scarey..... i was scared!

Bentleys are a dime adozen and Farraris are everywhere.

got to go. dinner tonight

Cabo upddate, Adan and his fish

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Off For Italy

we are leaving on the 4th of July for Italy, to be more correct Monte Carlo for the first few days. Then we go on a cruise to Italy, compliments of American Modern Insurance ..... this is going to be a lot of fun and we will be returning on the 16th ,,,,, until then i will be attempting to update the blog as we go along..