Traveling Cows

In a few days, we will be off traveling the world again. This time we’ll be taking part of Holland America’s Grand World Voyage, then taking our time getting home.

Take a look at the itinerary: Itinerary 2011 GWV. We’ll be posting as we can.

D-day has finally come!!!

John stayed the night at our apartment so we could get up early and take a taxi to the Pittsburgh airport.

The plane had spent the night at the airport, so it was covered with a couple inches of snow.

Our Equipment to Dallas

After we boarded, they had to manually clear the ice on the flaps before we taxied over to the de-icing station.

In spite of the weather, we easily made the connection in Dallas and arrived in L.A. shortly after noon. Arriving at the Hilton, we met Cheryl, the Vantage Travel Program Manager who would be traveling with us.

We settled in to our room, which looked out toward the “Hollywood” sign.

Hollywood

After grabbing a quick lunch, we called Daniel Cummings (a friend of the family and “brother” to Amelia) who came and took to one of his favorite spots in town, the Getty Center. What a spectacular art gallery complex with gorgeous views of the L.A. Basin. Unfortunately time was short and after barely exploring the grounds Daniel drove us back to the hotel.

At Getty Center

The day concluded with some pre-cruise activities sponsored by Cheryl: an orientation meeting, open bar, and dinner.

The anticipation is building! We leave the day after tomorrow and there are all sorts of last minute things to do.

In spite of that, I just added the itinerary as a separate page for those who want to look ahead. Making it a page means that it will always be available. Check out the link to the right.