BEEN THERE...DONE THAT CONT.

NOW TO FINISH THE RIVER TRIPS.......

4.  AMAZON RIVER.....WENT WITH ANN AND BONNIE......

WE FLEW INTO MANAUS, BRAZIL AND HAD A COUPLE OF FUN DAYS BEFORE THE CRUISE....STAYED IN A TREE-TOP HOTEL......SHOPPED THEIR MARKETS AND HAD A TOUR OF THEIR CITY WITH IT'S FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE.

SAW SO MANY NEW THINGS....HUGE LILLIE PADS.....WHERE THE BLACK WATER AND THE WHITE WATER MEET .....STOPPED AT SEVERAL SMALL VILLAGES AND MINGLED WITH THE NATIVES AND BOUGHT SOUVENIRS......DEVIL'S ISLAND.....A PRISON YEARS AGO.........BACK HOME TO MIAMI.

5.  PANAMA CANAL....TWICE.  ONCE WITH LES AND THE COX'S AND WITH VIRGIE.

SUCH FASCINATING HISTORY IN HOW AND WHY IT WAS BUILT AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THE LOCKS THAT LIFT YOU UP TO THE LAKE TO CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY......

6.  MIDI CANAL......WITH ANN AND HER FAMILY

WE FLEW TO BARCELONA SPAIN AND SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS CHECKING IT OUT WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL ARCHITECT WONDERS....THEN RENTED A CAR AND DROVE UP TO ANDORRA...... A SMALL COUNTRY WITH OVER 100 DUTY FREE SHOPS....BASK PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF SHEEP.....THEN TOOK A TRAIN TO NARBON FRANCE TO GET THE BOAT ON THE MIDI CANAL.......A WEEK OF FLOATING,,,,DRIVING OUR OWN BOAT,,,STOPPING WHERE AND WHEN WE WANTED....EATING CHEESE AND BREAD FROM ALL THE FUN VILLAGES.....I HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE DONE SO MANY FUN THINGS!!!!

7......AND TO MANY CRUISES TO EVEN COUNT THEM?????