Welcome to our web site and we hope you will enjoy reading about our travels.

Two weeks after our departure, on the afternoon of September 11, news reached us about the tragic attacks in America. The ship on which we were traveling, GTE Millennium, was docked in Piraeus, Greece and about to depart for Italy. The Captain made a public on-board announcement giving his condolences to those who lost loved ones in the attacks and stating that security was being stepped up on the ship as well as at the ports we would visit.

In spite of this dramatic change to the world we know, we are carrying on with most of our original plan to visit countries and sites where western civilization has its roots. We have decided, however, to abbreviate our travels and we will visit China and Japan at another time.

Our pictures and stories follow. Thank you for reading along and please stay in touch.

Our prayers and thoughts are with America.