From Istanbul to Bucharest

We flew out of Istanbul on Sunday and landed in Bucharest. Our Romanian tour guide Ion, met us at The Otopeni International Airport. We checked into our hotel and hit the streets of Bucharest. Just a few of the sites we toured. Revolution Square, Unive…

Bucharest

Ancient Romanian cross

Romanian painted eggs at The village museum

Traditional Romanian cart

Bucharest Romania Traditional folk music and Dinner

Our last night in Istanbul

From the balcony of our hotel the Blue mosque at sunset is really pretty!

Rick, Deb and Izzy Aboard M/V Broulee and other Wild Adventures 2011-07-11 09:46:00

WELL CAN’T BELIEVE IT IS JULY ALREADY and that we have not posted since April.  Yard work, grandkids and just plain enjoying what little summer we have had, has kept us busy.  We are living vicariously thru several boating buddies t…

Norfolk, VA Poker Run

One of the things we love about cruising is the variety of visual stimuli, and different life styles that come our way, in particular those with a marine flavor. In Europe we were in Cascais for an Open 60 regatta, and in Puerto Calero for the RC44 championships. Both were interesting technically, the people watching […]

THURSDAY JUNE 16TH 2011

THE BIG CHUTEA gorgeous morning as our friends, and fellow Minnesotans, from the SOUTHERN BELLE help cast us off. They will be right behind us in the Big Chute so we have traded cameras and will meet up on the other side to retrieve then. So these phot…