Murphy World Trip

The desert of North Africa proved to be a magical place. The ATV riding and desert 'sledding' was wild! The Sahara is a desert spanning...

We hit Barcelona twice, once with the cruise gang and one with the 'ladies'. Barcelona is a vibrant city with Gaudi's whimsical and...

Our visit was brief but we loved the Gaudi architecture! Barcelona is such an amazing city for food and fun.

Our cruise stopped in Marseille permitting a far too short day trip to Avignon and Aux en Provence.

Our boat departed and returned from Genoa, whose more popular neighbor is Portofino.

This was a beautiful stip along our cruise path with architecture that feels as much middle eastern as it does european and a Blue Lagoon...

We visited a beautiful hilltop town called Taormina in Sicily. Despite the rain we would have loved more time to explore this...

No stop to Italy would be educationally complete without a visit to Pompeii. Our first cruise stop was Naples and Pompeii is a short 20...

Our week with G Sue , Aunt S and two of the couains was something that kept us going since we left for India on 1/15 and it did not...

Our meeting place with the cousins was Milan and we enjoyed two incredible days/nights visiting this amazing city. Of course the Duomo...

We enjoyed two days with a small subset of the family in Milan at the start and end of our time together. The Duomo, Galleria and of...

We revisited Singapore and this time around we were able to visit where K had lived decades ago while working here. Today, this area is...

We took advantage of a free photo shoot at the hotel to help memorialize our trip and how much S has grown! Also more pictures of this...

Bali is 70% Hindu, 20% Muslim and 10% Christian whereas the rest of Indonesia is majority Muslim. There are lots of signs of the Hindu...

Adelaide is a wonderful little city and the capital of South Australia. We learned here that Good Friday, and not Easter Day, is the huge...

We loved (I loved:-) the Alexander McQueen exhibit we caught in Melbourne at the National Gallery Victoria. A fashion genius according...

We headed south down the coastal route stopping in Jervis Bay, Mallacoota, Eden and Lakes Entrance before heading North to Melbourne. ...

We landed in Melbourne after 4 days of driving from Sydney, having hugged the shore all the way down before turning north.  Melbourne...

In Sydney, these two communities are the go to for surf training, quick beach trips and quaint vacation spots a quick ferry or taxi ride...