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Mediterranean Cruise 2005

October 13-22, 2005

HawaiiMapDuring the Fall of 2005, Roger and Kathy took an amazing trip with Kathy’s parents (Paul and Geri) to Italy and other ports-of-call in the Mediterranean aboard the five-star Radisson cruise liner, SS Voyager.

After an initial two days in Rome, we boarded our glamorous floating hotel for an additional week of amazing stops in Italy, France, and Spain.  Seeing historical sites from across the millennia that we had only seen in books, photos, and video were stunning – but doing it from the luxury of our amazing cruise ship just made it that much more memorable.  It was really a trip-of-a-lifetime!  

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