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Day 0 – Departure to Buenos Aires (Mar 10)

This is my latest post – with no way to create a post except from within WordPress

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Day 0 - Departure to Buenos Aires (Mar 10)

Mar 24, 2026 · Chris

Since there are lots of posts, there's a button on the right to find blogs you…

Day 1 AM - Arrival in Buenos Aires...a Quick Scare (Mar 11)

Mar 28, 2026 · Chris

As our time for our flight drew near I got a notification that our flight was…

Day 1 PM - Buenos Aires - Milonga (Mar 11)

Mar 28, 2026 · Chris

This evening we exited the ship, and discovered you must use your key card both to…

Day 2 - Buenos Aires (Mar 12)

Mar 29, 2026 · Chris

We slept in after a late arrival back on the ship. We walked all over the…

Day 3 - Uruguay (March 13, 2026)

Mar 30, 2026 · Chris

We left Buenos Aires late last night and headed for Uruguay, only a short distance across…

Day 4-5 - Sail the Ocean from Uruguay to Rio de Janeiro (Mar 14-15)

Mar 30, 2026 · Chris

Day 4 Our real first day at sea! Dad got to go on a “Behind the…

Day 6 -Rio de Janeiro the city of Carnivale (Mar 16)

Apr 13, 2026 · Chris

Today as we pulled into Rio, we had some spectacular views of the port and some…

Day 7 & 8 - Sail the Atlantic Ocean to Recife (Mar 17-18)

Apr 13, 2026 · Chris

March 17 Over the next couple of days at sea, Mom got a Mani-Pedi on the…

Day 9 - The Venice of South America - Recife (Mar 19)

Apr 13, 2026 · Chris

Mom went back the next day because she wasn’t better and the doc diagnosed her as…

Day 10-13 - Sail the Atlantic to Cape Verde (Mar 20-23)

Apr 13, 2026 · Chris

Mom slept a lot better last night and now is on the mend. She’s going to…

Day 14 - Cape Verde (Mar 24)

Apr 13, 2026 · Chris

Here we are now on the Cape Verde archipelago. A group of ten volcanic islands that…

Day 15 - 17 - Sail the Atlantic to Morocco (Mar 25-27)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Although the picture above shows a spectacular picture of what we thought we would see crossing…

Day 18 - Casablanca (Mar 28)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Casablanca was a city that took my breath away. I thought it would be some rural…

Day 19 - Granada (Málaga), Spain (Mar 29)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Mom woke up today with a migraine and decided as much as she really wanted to…

Day 20 - Sail the Mediterranean (Mar 30)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Short blog today, not much happened, but the picture says it all…just more relaxing, having dinner,…

Day 21-22 - Barcelona (Mar 31-Apr 1)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Although we have been here, and seen many of the marvelous sites to see, such as…

Day 22 - Nice to Monaco (Apr 1 )

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

The trip from Barcelona to Nice was hectic. We got to the airport in plenty of…

Day 22-24 - Monaco (Apr 1-3)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

We got up refreshed and mom got a bite to eat before we set out to…

Day 24-26 - Venice (Apr 3-5)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

The trip back to Nice to take the plane to Venice was nerve wracking as our…

Day 26 - 31 - Bologna, Milan, and Lake Garda (Apr 5-10)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Today, we are off to Bologna. We decided to take a water bus to the Venezia…

Day 32-34 - Travel to Amalfi (Apr 10-12)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Today, there were lots of knowns & unknowns. We had to return the car at the…

Day 34-36 - Rome (Apr 12-14)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Getting to Rome Today…our final day! Again, not without its own adventure. Everything had been so…

Day 36 - Home (Apr 14)

Apr 17, 2026 · Chris

Today we were up at 5 am so we could be at the airport 3 hours…

Landed in Sydney

Jul 17, 2026 · Chris

Test of the SMS piece of this app.

Across the International Date line

Jul 17, 2026 · Chris

Test Message two for SMS

Australia beyond the International Date line

Jul 17, 2026 · Chris

Take 3 on the SMS test

Past the IDL

Jul 17, 2026 · Chris

test sms 4

No Post available to Admin

Jul 28, 2026 · Chris

This is my latest post - with no way to create a post except from within…

Day 35 - Home at last

Jul 31, 2026 · Chris

test

Day 36 - Success!!!

Jul 31, 2026 · Chris

Test only

Day 44 - Another Test

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Let's just see what this is going to say...

Day45 - Next Post

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

see what happens now.

Test 47

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

What Happeneded?

Test 48 - 4a

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Here's where the rubber meets the road

Test 49 of 4a

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Worked the first time, what about now?

Test 50 of 4a try 2

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Second go to see if LATEST button changes after a new post

Test 51 - 4c

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Post 51 - fixing LATEST button and NEW tag

Test 52 - 4f

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

One more time around the barn

Test 52 - 4f

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

One more time around the barn

Test 53 - 4g

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Need to ask about the location of my new text verses where it says enter the…

Test 54 - 4g

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Need to ask about the location of my new text verses where it says enter the…

Test 55 - 4i

Aug 5, 2026 · Chris

Excellent! All is good with 4 now!

Day12

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

TEST THIS

Day 13

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

Test 2

DDD - TEST 2

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

DID THIS WORK?

EEE - TEST 3

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

DOES THIS THIS STILL WORK

FFF - TEST 4

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

DOES THIS STILL WORK????

GGGG TEST 5

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

DOES THIS STILL WORK ON 1Y14

HHH-HH TEST 6

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

STILL WORKING 1Y16

III-III TEST 6

Sep 27, 2026 · Chris

STILL WORKING?

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