Travels with Steve & Alisa

Alisa and I have been traveling for as long as we have known each other. In fact, that's how we met - while I was traveling with my job. We'd like to share some of our experiences with you. Perhaps, we can help you in planning your next trip.

We started traveling a lot more during the last few years. (The kids have left the nest.) We have a few simple rules which we go by - we avoid as much as possible organized tours (except jeep trips), and we don't like to run from place to place without getting to know an area for a few days. I do all the planning and use the internet to learn about an area and find interesting hotels. I try to find people from the area we're going to visit and chat with them on the web - using travel forums or chat services. Web surfers LOVE to help other surfers. We also try to meet our cyber friends when we get there, and I can say that we've done it several times, and every meeting has been a huge success. I'd also like to mention my favorite travel forums - Fodor's TravelTalk Communities and Tripadvisor Travel Forums which are both great sources for travel information.

We live in Israel, so much of our traveling has been to Europe. In the last few years, we've been to Italy, Spain, Paris, Turkey, France, Portugal, Croatia, South America and a couple of trips to the United States. In 2007 we started visiting the far east, in 2008, we visited Central Asia (Uzbekistan) and in 2009, it was back to Europe with trips to Italy and a trip to Scotland. In 2010, we visited Vietnam, France, and Norway. 2011 was a quiet year due to the birth of our second grandchild - just a couple of short trips to Europe. This year, 2012, things have returned to form. We visited northern Italy, then a cruise on the Baltic and our most recent trip was to Alsace, France. Now, we have to start planning for 2013. I use the internet and plan each trip carefully and perhaps you can make use of some of the places we've found, or the itineraries we've followed.

SOUTHWEST FRANCE BORDEAUX & DORDOGNE, 15 days, May, 2011	BERLIN AND COMO 10 days, Fall, 2011	VARESE & PIEMONTE 1 week, April, 2012	A BALTIC CRUISE 2 weeks, July, 2012	ALSACE 10 days, Sept, 2012
A VISIT TO NORWAY WITH A CRUISE UP THE COAST 12 days, July-Aug, 2010	A CRUISE FROM PARIS TO NORMANDY 10 days, Mar-Apr, 2010	VIETNAM & CAMBODIA 2 weeks in Jan-Feb, 2010	A CRUISE ON THE RHINE 2 weeks in October, 2009	SCOTLAND 2 weeks in June, 2009
JORDAN A weekend including PETRA February, 2008	JAPAN 2 weeks in April, 2008	THE LOIRE 8 days in June, 2008	UZBEKISTAN 8 days in October, 2008	PUGLIA & MATERA 10 days in April-May, 2009
GREECE an 8 day jeep trip in April, 2006	KENYA Alisa's 2 week trip with 4 girlfriends in May, 2006	SLOVENIA, CROATIA a 13 day trip October, 2006	THAILAND a 15 day trip in January, 2007	CHINA a 15 day trip in April, 2007
3 WEEKS IN SOUTH AMERICA Jan/Feb, 2006	ITALY (TUSCANY) 10 days in October, 2005	PORTUGAL 2 weeks in April & May, 2005	THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST 2 weeks in Fall, 2005	MONTENEGRO A 7 day jeep trip August, 2004
ITALY 10 days in Umbria, Tuscany Barolo & Lake Maggiore October, 2002	ROMANIA A 6 day jeep trip in the Carpathian Mountains June, 2003	CROATIA The Dalmation Coast: From Dubrovnik to Split August, 2003	SICILY 7 days in October, 2003	TURKEY (CAPPADOCIA) 6 days by jeep April, 2004
ITALY Sorrento & the Amalfi Coast Spring, 2000	FRANCE 2 weeks in Provence, Fall, 2000	SPAIN 10 days in Andalucia Spring, 2001	FRANCE A week in Burgundy & Champagne, August, 2001	ITALY 10 Days - Lake Como to Cinque Terre; Sept/Oct, 2001
ISRAEL A weekend in a very unique place.	THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS Yellowstone to Banff June, 1998	Still our favorite trip - 10 days in TUSCANY in October, 1998	TURKEY A 4 day weekend in Istanbul March, 1999	2 weeks in the Austrian and Italian Alps - June, 1999

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