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I've never been in Malta. Great opportunity came up – to inspect the island with a group of 9 travel agents.  When I told people where I am going, many asked me: "where is Malta?” Even more people asked: "Why Malta?" According to Word Atlas, Malta is (quote) This inland sea is bordered on the north by…...

Trip report December 2010, Cannes, ILTM (International Travel Leisure Market) conference. December 5-14, 2010 International Travel Leisure market it is a premiere event in travel industry, by invitation only and provides an opportunity to connect and network with luxury worldwide travel suppliers, agents and tour operators. It takes place annually in December in Cannes in…...

NOVEMBER 30, FRANCE – AVIGNON AND CARPENTRAS Nov 30, 2012, I arrived Frankfurt and hardly makde short connection to Marseilles flight. This time I decided to do something different. Instead of staying at hotels, I booked a stay at Sabine’s L’ombre du Palais B&B next to Palais des Papes – right in the center. I often…...

Barge trip report Introduction This November my friend Marian and I took the barge cruise in France with Ewaterways. Ewaterways is the company which manages Barges and River Boats in Europe. The trip we took on November 10-16 (last of the season, lower price) was originally scheduled on River Boat Anacoluthe, 50 passengers, on Seine…...

GRANADA AND ANDALUCIA, SPAIN OCTOBER 2012 TRIP REPORT Granada, Spain October 2012 I arrived Malaga from London October 3rd for Cultour conference. This is yearly International conference which showcases different culture region of the world each year. In 2012 it was Granada. Most participants were European travel professionals and journalists. I was met with others arriving participants at…...

Japan 2011 trip report Intro February 14. JLTF organizers booked me on CO flight from Tampa through Houston to Tokyo. I liked Houston airport since connection are very well thought over. I arrived terminal gate 7 and next flight to Tokyo was on gate 7 in CO terminal. I had small breakfast and spend next…...

In June 2005, we took a trip on Seadream Cruise . We are mostly land travelers, however occasionally we prefer relaxing atmosphere of small ships. We do not like large cruise ships. Our previous cruise trips included barges in Europe and Thailand, Expedition in Costa Rica, small ship Windsurf. This time we tried SeaDream since this small…...

Naples FAM trip October 2016 Naples Slideshow This was just the third part of our Italy trip in October.  Our trip started with a Travel Market business meeting in Rimini,  a seaside town of 145K inhabitants on the Adriatic Sea.  My partner and I  then split up.  I went to Cinqua Terre region and he…...

This report covers my latest trip to Croatia – to Dalmatian Coast. I visited Split, Trogir, Brac, few wineries and Zadar. Other parts of Croatia which I visited before are Dubrovnik and Zagreb which are also worth to visit but not visited this time. The sites listed here are not in particular order. Trogir is a…...