Sitemap - 2024 - Where in the World Are Jim & Rita
This Is My 'Christmas Newsletter' to Our Friends and Family
We're in the Home Stretch! Back to Colorado on Tuesday
A Relaxed Day in Montreal Waiting for My Sister to Arrive
Our All-Day Excursion to Quebec City and Montmorency Falls
Our First Day in Montreal - A Food Tour and Hotel Check-in
Our Final Cruise Day in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Our Half Day in Quebec's "Most Francophone" City - Saguenay
Smooth Sailing on Our Last Sea Day
An Unexpected Sea Day, Skipping Newfoundland
More Icebergs and More Small-Town Greenland Touring
Morning Cruising Greenland's Fjords, Afternoon Ashore in Nanortalik
Our Day at Sea -- Tomorrow It's Greenland!
A Day at Sea Devoted to Preparing Us for Our Iceland Visit on Tuesday
A Surprisingly Beautiful Day in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)
A Day at Sea Means More Lectures and a Port Talk
We Board the Viking Neptune for Our 15-Day Cruise to Montreal
Today We Took a 6-Hour Bus Tour of Great Waterfalls West of Bergen
We Take the Ferry to Flåm and the Railroad Back to Bergen -- Fun, Full Day!
We Disembark in Bergen and Check In at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
Day One in Bergen - Still Aboard the Viking Sky
Eidfjord, the Nicest Town We Had Never Heard Of
Our Day in Stavanger, Norway's "Oil Capital"
Our Half-Day in Oslo Was More Like a Sea Day
This Video Was Inadvertently Omitted from Today's Post
Our First Day in Oslo - Two Excursions With Terrific Guides
A Beautiful Half-Day in Denmark's 3rd Largest City
Rita and I Enjoy Separate Restaurants on Separate Tours in Copenhagen
A 12-Hour Excursion to See the "Iconic Sights of Berlin" Was Worth It
Bornholm Island: Denmark's Baltic Sea Island That We Never Knew Existed
We Really Enjoyed Our Visit to Gdansk
Our Only Day at Sea Until We're Nearing Iceland on Sept. 16th
A Very Fine Visit to Mariehamn and Its Archipelago
Our Last Day in Stockholm - A Walking Tour of Gamla Stan (Old City)
A Slow Day Today: All We Did Was Board the Viking Sky and Settle in
Sunday Tour and Lunch at a Privately Owned Swedish Castle, Followed by a Guitar-Cello Concert
Saturday Visit to Uppsala and a Walk on the Creek in Norrtalje
Another Pleasant Day in Sweden
Thursday at Janet & Staffan's Home in Norrtälje
Ready to Complete Our "World Cruise"!
This Just In! A Great African Safari Video from Peter Van Demark
Looking Back on Our World Cruise - Part 2
Looking Back on Our World Cruise - Part 1
Some Favorite Pictures From This Evening's Thames River Cruise
We Arrive at Greenwich: 3 Hours Cruising Slowly Up the Thames
A Beautiful Day in Dover and Canterbury Today
We Had a Fine Time in Honfleur. Tomorrow, Dover England!
Vive La France! Cherbourg Is Our New #1 City If We Ever Leave the States
Our Last Sea Day of the Cruise Was Full of Activities
Rita and I Take Different Tours in Porto
Rita Takes City Tour of Lisbon, While I'm in Quarantine
Our Half-Day in Lisbon (Tomorrow's Another Half-Day)
Finally! Africa in Our Rearview Mirror!
Our Half-Day in Agadir, Morocco, Where It Has Not Rained in Over 3 Years
We Stayed on the Ship (Except Briefly) in Tenerife
At Sea on Day 106 of Our World Cruise
Another Sea Day... en Route to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Finally, an African Safari With Animals!
Finally, We Dock in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday Morning
Just One More Sea Day Before We Get to Dakar, Senegal
Another Full Day at Sea - Our First Full Day in the North Atlantic
Today's Highlight - Circling 'Null Island' (or so we hoped)
Change of Course: We'll Circle 'Null Island' en Route to Dakar
Creeping Toward Dakar on Sea Day 2 of 7 on a Very Flat Atlantic Ocean
First of 7 Sea Days En Route to Senegal
Sea Day Between South Africa and Namibia
Cape Town Is in Our Rearview Mirror
Finally, Cape Town, South Africa!
Sea Days Are a Time of Learning on Viking
We Spent 2 Hours Searching for the "Big Five" and Came up With a "Big Zero"
Back in the Saddle Today; Tomorrow Back in the Bus Seat
We're Seeing the World at a Time When 20% of Americans Are Thinking of Leaving America
Life on the Viking Sky -- Here's a Typical Day at Sea
Our First of 3 Sea Days from Reunion to Richard's Bay, South Africa
A Fine Day in France/European Union Today
A Long, Interesting Day in Mauritius
It Has Been a Swell Day at Sea - Tomorrow We Arrive in Mauritius
We Were Shown a Great Video in a Lecture About Dodos and Lemurs
Halfway to Mauritius - A Pleasant Day at Sea
A Quiet Day on Calm Seas Cruising to Mauritius
Want to Know More About Visiting India?
Leaving Cochin, This Is Where Our Deviation Around Africa Begins
Sri Lanka to Cochin at 9 Knots/17 km/hour
In Face of Pollution Concerns, I Take Included Tour of Colombo, Sri Lanka
I Haven't Experienced Air Pollution Like Sri Lanka's in Years!
I Get to Know Our New Cruise Director, Verity Brown
A Pleasant and Busy Day at Sea En Route to Sri Lanka
Interesting Tour of Phuket - Patong Beach Arrival
St. Patrick's Day in George Town, Malaysia
I Thought I Was Visiting a Rainforest for My "Jungle Trek"
We Toured Kuala Lumpur on a Hot, Sunny Day
Slow-Poking Our Way to Kuala Lumpur
This Was a Great First Day in Singapore
A Quiet Day at Sea, Looking Forward to Docking at Noon Tuesday in Singapore
A Day at the Beach in Koh Samui
A Day at Sea Between Vietnam & Thailand
Happy International Women's Day From Saigon!
Revisiting the Vietnam War in Vietnam - My 10-Hour Day
We've Arrived at Saigon Port, But Haven't Gone Beyond the Dock Yet
Speeding Our Way to Ho Chi Minh City
A Quiet Day in the South China Sea
Our Day In Samarang, Java, Indonesia
Day 2 in Bali, and Rita and I Take Different Tours
Komodo Island Didn't Meet My Expectations, And It Was Hot!
Last Day at Sea Before Our Komodo Island Visit
Our Second Sea Day en route to Komodo Island
Our First of Three Sea Days Heading to Komodo, Where We Will See Komodo Dragons
The Hammer Drops - We're Going Around Africa
If This is Friday, This Must Be Thursday Island
Our Last Australian Day at Sea
I Visit the Great Barrier Reef
Another Sea Day. Tomorrow, the Whitsunday Islands
Our First of Two Sea Days Before Arriving at Whitsunday Islands
Okay, so they were 1- to 2-meter swells, not 1-foot...
May Day! 1-Foot Swells and Fresh Breeze Turns Our Visit to Australia Zoo into a Sea Day!
Our Sea Day After Leaving Sydney Was Uneventful, But I'll Tell You About It Anyway...
Regrettably, Our Last Day in Sydney! It Was a Full One
A Cloudy, Drizzly Day for Climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge
Valentine's Day at Sea Because of Wind and Waves
Interesting Day at Sea Heading to Eden, Australia
It's Super Bowl Monday on the Viking Sky
We Visit the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island
A Day at Sea off the East Coast of Australia
Our Extra Early Day in Sydney - Part 2
Last Sea Day Before Sydney Arrival
Our First Day on the Tasman Sea
Nelson, Our Last Port of Call in New Zealand
Diversions During a Sea Day Off the Coast of New Zealand
Maori Excursion for Jim; Kiwi Tour for Rita
Arrival in Tauranga (Rotorua), New Zealand
Our 2nd Day in Auckland: Beginning the Next Segment of Our World Cruise
Shore Excursion: The Flavors of Auckland
Waitangi, Our First Stop in New Zealand
Our Last Sea Day Before Arriving in New Zealand
Learning About New Zealand Before We Arrive on Monday
We're Skipping Friday and Going Straight to Saturday Tomorrow
How to Spend a Day at Sea... Lectures, Food, Streaming YouTube
At Sea - First Day Out of Tahiti to New Zealand
A Hot, Muggy Morning in Papeete, Tahiti's Capital
Hooray! We Didn't Get Soaked in Moorea!
It Was Wishful Thinking -- It Poured in Bora Bora!
Three Days in French Polynesia Start Saturday
Calm Seas Today As We Head South
Tomorrow We Will Be on Hawaii Time
Yes, This Is Supposed to Be a Vacation...