G.G. Vandagriff, Author
29
May
On the last day of our cruise, I looked at the back of my hair, which I had been growing out for six months after a really bad haircut. It was finally almost one length in a neat bob. People had even been known to compliment me on it. However, it needed a slight trim [...]
26
May
I’m having separation anxiety. Shortly we go down to our final dinner on the Princess. Even though I’ve been sick and sore most of the time, it has been magnificent. This is the experience of a lifetime. And if it weren’t for my Crazy Ladies, I never would have done it. What a debt I [...]
25
May
Brits are always going away on what they call a “repairing lease,” which as far as I can tell means a relaxing vacation. Today we found the perfect place. Corfu, an Island on the west side of Greece. It’s by far my favorite Isle as it is green! It is also temperate year round.. Ths [...]
24
May
I am happy to be with you again, and am grateful to David for filling in so we could keep all of you “posted” on this amazing voyage. After an entire day of sleeping, I think I’m back. As any student of Western Civilization knows, recorded thought in our sphere began with the Greeks, specifically [...]
23
May
We have gotten behind. There are reasons (nothing to do with international intrigue), but we are catching up. The first was a trip that David took because G.G. was getting over a bacterial lung infection that the very-British ship’s doctor diagnosed for her. This trip was into Turkey to see the remnants of a city, [...]
21
May
I certainly hope you have been enjoying David’s accounts on this blog. (The family that blogs together, stays together). The fact of it is that the day in Cinque Terra did me in completely. My hips, knee and back were just not up to it, so Day Four when I should have been in Pompeii [...]
19
May
The day before the mountain exploded in 79 AD, Pompey was a thriving Roman city of 100,000 people, located on the shores of the Mediterranean in an area noted for the fertility of its soil. Overlooked by the Mt. Vesuvius, the city had mostly rebuilt itself after an earthquake of several years before. The paved [...]
19
May
You’ve seen the movie. An American woman travels to Italy and meets a suave and handsome Italian, dark hair combed straight back, curling over his collar. “Why don’t we take a drive tomorrow and I‘ll show you my country,” he says with a smile. She agrees. The next morning, Stephano pulls up in front of [...]
17
May
This post is by David, substituting for a walked-out GG. Today, we visited La Cinque Terra (Pronounced CHINKway Terra, meaning five lands or five villages) is Italy’s newest national park. The five villages are located on a rugged coast on the West side of Italy near Pisa. This was for centuries and still is one [...]
16
May
Imagine my relief when I saw David plus luggage on the gangway trying convince the cruise official that he actually belonged on this ship! I like to think that it was my honest freckled face that convinced said official, but more likely it was his boarding pass. I slept a lot today, still recovering from [...]
