From Venice, we took the bullet train to Bologna and then jumped on the regional train to Rimini. Being it was Friday the train was crowded with students who attend school in Bologna and then…
Little Cars, Leaning Towers, and Big Churches
Strolling Around Venice
The next morning we were off again. We had to stop in Verona to return our car and catch a train to Venice. We thought we left enough time to check-out a couple things in…
A Little Hiccup but We Made it to Italy
It was a rainy start to our next to adventure. We were Italy bound with cousins Stella and John. We had short connections both in Denver and again in Munich. I had concerns when booking…
Antarctica and Fin Del Mundo
Day 9 - Hidden Bay We had another special operations boat cruise (SOB) as our scheduled excursion. It was the last SOB cruise that day and we were lucky enough to find a few humpback…
More and More Penguins and a Yellow Submarine
Day 6 - Paradise Harbour Base Brown (2nd Continental Landing) Today was a busy day for us as we had been scheduled for three excursions. Viking was finally starting to understand "Casey Bootcamp". Our first…
The Path to Antarctica
We went down for our breakfast before zero dark thirty. Viking had chartered a couple of flights to fly the group from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia. Our bus left for the airport at 3:40am. We…
Torres del Paine and A Day Back in Buenos Aires
Time for our 4th country of our trip. We were headed to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. We had been flirting with Chile most of our trip as it was always just the…
Glaciers and Hiking – El Calafate and El Chalten
The following morning we were flying again. This time to El Calafate, further in Patagonia. It was very windy when we arrived, which is typical of the area. We really had some turbulence on this…
Beautiful Bariloche
We flew on to Carlos de Bariloche. Our host met us at our little suite. This was to be our base for the next 4 nights. Driving into Bariloche We had originally planned on driving the…
Wining and Dining in Cafayate and Mendoza
The next morning, we got on the road and headed back to Salta. We were almost immediately stopped at one of the police checkpoints. Will passed the breathalyzer and we were on our way. These…