2024 Transatlantic to Europe for the second time

We took the Royal Caribbean Oasis stopping at Cadiz, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia ending in Barcelona.  The Oasis is a very large ship, we needed a large one for the 9 days at sea. While in Alicante we visited friends Stacy and Alan that we met on another cruise around South America.  They are full-time travelers like us, but they purchased an apartment in Alicante where they live up to three months at a time.  It was great visiting them and having a local to spend the day with.  Once in Barcelona we flew two hours to Rome's FCO airport and went to our AIRBNB.

      

  

  

  

Home for Easter 2024

 We had planned a few weeks to return home during Easter after South America, however we came home early because we had a family member in hospice and needed time at home. We are leaving 4/19/24 on a cruise to Europe then around the world returning home Mid-November.  This time at home has been really great as we keep those family/friend bonds close, we yearn to leave again.

  

  

  

  

  

  

   

      

    

    

  

Buenos Aires and Mendoza, a fun time in South America

 While in Buenos Aires we ate at Don Julio's steakhouse, it is ranked as the number one steakhouse in South America, YES it was very good. After leaving Buenos Aires we took an 18 hour bus ride to Mendoza Argentina. I enjoyed this city better than any other in South America.  We took a winery tour around Mendoza, we visited four different wineries testing 4 wines at each stop, at the end they tasted the same. (I wonder why??) There are over 1,000 wineries in Mendoza, they love their wine. 

Another day we toured the Andes mountain range which runs all through South America, the best stop on this tour was the starting point for hikers going to Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the Andes).

Most of the time in Mendoza we took walking tours seeing all the cafes and bars.