Travels

Traveling and photography are two things I enjoy. The two go together. I haven't done as much traveling recently; post 9/11 certainly put a damper on things. Here are some of the places I've been.

My two biggest trips were to Europe for one month each time. The first trip was with my brother on a bus tour that included Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands. The second trip was with my wife on our fifth wedding anniversary that included Ireland, England, France, Italy. For the second trip it was on our own, rented cars in England and Ireland, Eurrail pass France and Italy. We stayed in B&Bs a lot of the time.

My brother and I went to the Bahamas several times, including for my bachelor party (he was my best man). It was tame by some standards, no strippers, instead we spent time at the casinos, beaches.

My brother is such a fan of the Caribbean that he got married in the US Virgin Islands (USVI). I went down for the wedding with my wife to act as his best man, although I joked that he was taking a vacation with his girlfriend and going to come back pretending to be married. Some joke, his marriage is solid, mine's over. He honeymooned on St. John and my wife and I were on St. Thomas. We went out to dinner and had a few activities together. I came back and put a nice wedding album together and met him at the airport with it.

My wife and I honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico. The resort is beautiful, but the surrounding area is so very poverty stricken.

Travel in the US was often times by myself, sometimes with my brother or sometimes with my wife to the following cities Boston, NYC, Baltimore, Washington DC, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Chicago, Niagara Falls, New Orleans, Virgina Beach, Phoenix, LA, San Francisco. I've been to these cities multiple times, sometimes for more than 2 weeks at a time.

This post is just a summary of places I've been, I'll be posting more details with photos in the future.