dtopping's TravelStream™ — Recent TravelPod.com entries TravelStream™ news feed for member dtopping on TravelPod's free travel blogs service http://www.travelpod.com/syndication/rss/dtopping en-us Copyright ©2009 TravelPod.com Sat, 31 May 2008 17:15:15 -0400 http://www.travelpod.com Dubrovnik — Dubrovnik, Croatia http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211626800/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211626800/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211626800/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 17:15:15 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Here are photos from our visit to Dubrovnik - we hope to add stories/captions soon.
]]> Corfu — Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211540400/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211540400/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211540400/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 17:06:29 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece

Our next two stops, Corfu and Dubrovnik, are both very beautiful and picturesque. We had a wonderful time in both places and uploaded some of our pictures, but haven't yet added stories to the individual photos.
]]> Santorini — Santorini, Cyclades, Greece http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211367600/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211367600/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211367600/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 16:53:51 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Santorini, Cyclades, Greece

(here's a link to the MSC Cruises page for our itninerary)A bit of bad news...Jody took a bad step during our shore excursion on Santorini (after a little wine tasting, but she wasn't tipsy) and injured her foot. A trip to the ship's medical center was helpful, and after wrapping, ice, and medication, she was feeling a bit better. Click on the photo at left to see today's pictures and stories.D & J
]]> Bari, Italy, by way of Rome — Bari, Puglia, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211087700/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211087700/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211087700/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:57:31 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Bari, Puglia, Italy

Our flight to Bari was uneventful, and we managed to catch an express bus to the mail train station, from which our hotel (Hotel Adria) was only a brief walk.Click on the first photo (left) to be taken to a (small) gallery of photos associated with this day's blog. We've added stories or captions to the photos, so you'll want to visit the "mini galleries" associated with each day's travels.D & J
]]> Layover in Rome — Rome, Lazio, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211112000/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211112000/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211112000/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:55:01 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Rome, Lazio, Italy

After a long, almost sleepless, and not particularly comfortable flight (think sardines), we arrived at the Rome airport, then spent much of Saturday in the terminal, awaiting our connecting flight to Bari, from which our cruise departed on Monday morning.
]]> Sorrento, for some R&R — Sant'Agnello, Campania, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211837400/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211837400/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211837400/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:47:24 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Sant'Agnello, Campania, Italy

(this is a temporary placeholder, for our photos and stories about staying in the Sorrento area)Link to the website of Hotel Angelina
]]> Rome and then....home! — Rome, Lazio, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1212091200/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1212091200/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1212091200/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:46:03 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Rome, Lazio, Italy

(this is a placeholder for Thursday's trip to Rome and Friday's trip home)Link to the Euro House Hotels of Fiumicino 
]]> Back in Bari, then on to Sorrento — Bari, Puglia, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211814000/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211814000/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211814000/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:34:37 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Bari, Puglia, Italy

(placeholder for entry about Monday - Bari to Naples to Sorrento)
]]> Venice - Venezia - Venedig! — Venice, Veneto, Italy http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211713200/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211713200/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211713200/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:11:46 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Venice, Veneto, Italy

As this is written, we are actually in Sorrento, having just come back from a day trip to the island of Capri. We have already visited Venice, returned to Bari, barely made it to our bus to Naples (Napoli), and then our train to San Agnello, where we are staying in a lovely hotel named "Angelina."We do not have Internet access at the hotel, and are at a pay-by-the-minute Internet point in Sorrento, so we will probably have to sign off for now and upload more photos and write more stories later, upon our return to Arizona.Ciao (for now),David and Jody
]]> Piraeus / Athens — Piraeus, Attica, Greece http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211454000/tpod.html http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211454000/tpod.html#comments Travel Blogs http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/dtopping/1/1211454000/tpod.html Sat, 31 May 2008 15:05:28 -0400 Europe 2008 - Cruising Greece, Croatia, Italy, and more!
Piraeus, Attica, Greece

Despite Jody's foot injury, we spent the day on a 6-hour shore excursion, including climbing to the top of the Acropolis in Athens, where the Parthenon and other temples are located. Then it was on to an hour in a museum full Greek sculptures and other historical artifacts, after which we were taken to a pedestrian-only shopping area.As this is being written, we're leaving the harbor and headed for our next stop, Corfu.Note: we haven't yet added stories/captions to the photos in today's gallery...but they're worth looking at anyway!D & J
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