Argentina Planning Update: Completing the Itinerary and Hotel Bookings
It is now less than two months before we go to Argentina and surrounding area for two weeks. After much give and take, the itinerary has been finalized.
It is now less than two months before we go to Argentina and surrounding area for two weeks. After much give and take, the itinerary has been finalized.
The planning for this next journey, scheduled for March 2010, is progressing slowly but surely. It is now just four months away and, since the last blog entry on this subject, we have purchased a guidebook and done some Internet research to try to get the itinerary nailed down.
We spent last weekend in Portland, Oregon, as Darren ran in the Portland Marathon on Sunday morning. We had never been there before and I didn’t have a lot of time to research what to see and do. I thought I would use this as an opportunity to rely heavily on my iPhone for assistance.
We have decided to take our next journey, this time visiting Argentina and surrounding area in March 2010. Having never been there, we are already beginning to plan our time in that part of the world.
Several months ago I wrote an article about how we planned our around the world trip for 4 1/2 months beginning in September 2003. This article provides some additional insight into the details of that planning exercise.
It is Saturday morning and we are preparing to leave Edinburgh, our last stop in Scotland. We arrived here early Thursday afternoon after our last train pass journey from Fort William, via a change in Glasgow.
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, was our last stop on our train journey. We spent time here visiting many historic sights as well as several museums.
No matter how young your children are, there are ways to bring them along on a family vacation and still have a wonderful experience. Here are 10 tips that can work with all ages to make your next vacation the best ever!
Darren and I attended a Travel Writing Workshop in Santa Barbara last weekend. It was sponsored by Magellan’s and the eight hour, two day seminar featured advice and insights from National Geographic writer Jerry Camarillo Dunn.
After arriving in Japan, we spent the first three days in Tokyo. We visited several of the city sights, including the zoo, Ginza and Shinjuku. We also took a day trip to Nikko, which was a two hour train ride each way.