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And there's more, much more. Our travels in recent years have taken us from Alaska (see left) to Arizona; Bowling Green to Barcelona; from the tropical Caribbean to the sub-Arctic Canadian border; and to every Super Bowl city in the past 10 years! We have undertaken fun family RV journeys (see our Blog, here) and glamorous cruises; explored Florida from top to bottom; had breakfast the length and breadth of I-75 (don't ask -it's a long story!); and unearthed a vast treasure-trove of wonderful and offbeat experiences along the way. 

In 2010 and '11 we visited the likes of Chilean Patagonia, Santiago and the superb wine region of the Colchagua Valley, and undertook a 2,300-mile journey through the heart of Europe by car, taking in major cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Munich and Salzburg, fascinating off-the-beaten track villages, like Berchtesgaden and Hitler's Eagle's Nest (below), and the ultimate heartbreak of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Closer-to-home, we had many encounters with the fantastic new Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando, blissful St Petersburg on the Gulf Coast and the hidden gem of Mount Dora in Central Florida. We enjoyed a stunning Fall Foliage cruise along the St Lawrence Seaway and around New England with Crystal Cruises to see the region's autumn spectacular from a different vantage point, and also spent time aboard the Disney Dream and Allure of the Seas, two of the biggest and most eye-catching new ships of recent years, as well as the Celebrity Eclipse, one of the remarkable Solstice-class vessels of Celebrity Cruises.

In 2012 we undertook two major river-cruise adventures, along the Danube (from Romania to Austria) aboard the blissful River Duchess of Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, and then on the mighty Mississippi, on the impressive new Queen of the Mississippi paddle-steamer of American Cruise Lines, from St Louis to Memphis. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI, and a voyage aboard the truly epic Norwegian Epic cruise ship, a vessel which redefines the concept of entertainment at sea with a mind-boggling array of high-quality options. We were also able to 'do the double' by sampling the brand new Disney Fantasy (sister ship to the Dream from 2011). And we completed the year in style with an utterly memorable visit to Hawaii, where we enjoyed a typical 7-day cruise around the main islands on Norwegian Cruise Line's Pride of America (below) AND enjoyed four days on Oahu, where we were bowled over by the Kahala Resort and Disney's Aulani Resort - possibly the ultimate word in Hawaiian hotel style. The islands truly captured our hearts, though, and we can't wait to return at some stage in the future.

Now, as we look ahead to 2013, we have a trip to The Big Easy on the horizon, as New Orleans is staging this year's Super Bowl and it promises to be a truly Super occasion, and we will be off to the Panama Canal, sailing aboard the Coral Princess of Princess Cruises and also calling in Colombia, Costa Rica and the Cayman Islands. This year is a big one for several cruise lines for major new-ship launches, including the Norwegian Breakaway (the latest from Norwegian Cruise Line), the Royal Princess and the ultra-luxury Europa 2 of Hapag-Llolyd Cruises. We will reflect all of these in the pages of World of Cruising magazine during the course of the year. There will be more, of course, much more. Many of our trips are unscheduled, or arranged late in the day, hence we're never really sure where we will be at any given time! We do know that we love to travel - and we love, even more, to write about it for our growing array of readers worldwide. From the benefit of our Orlando home base, we will continue to highlight all the best there is in store in the Sunshine State with its myriad of attractions, and don't forget to follow along with our various writing in the UK and US travel media, on Facebook, in various Blogs and in the pages of our favorite online resource, the discussion forums of Attraction Tickets Direct, here. Stay tuned, now...!

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