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Photo Gallery: Israel: Northern Israel

The highlight of our summer cruise was a stop in Israel for 2 days.  We disembarked at Haifa and then boarded again the next day in Ashdod.  Here are some photos from day 1, mostly in northern Israel:

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Photo Gallery: Turkey: Ephesus & Kusadasi, 2009

Our cruise took us to Turkey for a day, where the temps were over 100 degrees…  We braved it for a tour of Ephesus (as in, the Ephesians) and lunch in Kusadasi:

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Photo Gallery: Rhodes, 2009

We spent my birthday, August 22, in Rhodes, Greece.  A great town that is easily walkable, we spent the day at the beach and doing some minor shopping (by our standards):

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Photo Gallery: Athens, 2009

Our summer cruise took us to Athens as our second stop.  There we hired a driver to take us to some of the most notable places.  Thanks to his help we saw much of Athens, in only 8 hours.  Here are some notable shots:

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Photo Gallery: Naples & Pompeii, 2009

Stop #1 in our Celebrity Ancient Empires Cruise last summer: Naples & Pompeii.  Check out some photos:

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Photo Gallery: Rome, August 2009

It occurred to me that I have never put up the best photos from our trips last year.  Especially our 13-night Mediterranean cruise.  We started our trip with 3 days in Rome.  Here are some pics:

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Las Vegas, 2009-2010

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Toys of the Year, 2009

With 2009 coming to a close, I figured I’d list some cool toys, gadgets, and similar items that definitely heightened my enjoyment of 2009.  Without further ado, here is the list: The Flip Ultra HD: I had given up on camcorders… They were bulky, they only did one thing, they were difficult to move to [...]

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