writing a full-length scroll about cruise vacations

looking abstractly at routes + fares + types

overanalyzing this funny travel-oriented verbiage

33rd country for my first steps into Africa

visiting northern Portugal's wine-producing city

32nd country and 1st Portuguese-speaking city with the capital of Portugal

visiting southern Spain's seaside flamenco town

4th lifetime cruise, 1st on Celebrity - in the southwest Mediterranean

31st country - a Catalan-speaking micro-state between Spain and France

2nd time in France, 1st in this part of France - a hot springs town

30th country and 4th visit to continental Europe

writing a full-length scroll about air travel

a pilgrimage to a city riddled with 20th century world history - and Rammstein

3rd time in Iceland as a stopover to Berlin : a look at Snæfellsnes

enjoying Norwegian Cruise Line's private island

2nd time in Mexico, in the same city, 20 years later, with a self-guided walk

29th country, 1st time in Belize ... the hidden excursion

28th country - an island off the coast of the mainland

3rd lifetime cruise, 2nd on NCL - to the southwestern Caribbean

leaving the Balkans and hoping to come back later

visiting the capital of [North] Macedonia

visiting a partially-recognized country at midnight

27th country - in a city of 365 churches

26th country - in a city that was once closed to foreigners

25th country - formerly part of Serbia and Yugoslavia with scenic charms

24th country - picturesque fortified city and a visit to an island on the Adriatic Sea

stopping over in this intriguing country within a country

23rd country - cities of tragedy and rebuilding

22nd country - aptly my first former Yugoslavian country

21st country - my 1st former Eastern Bloc country!