My name is Alan and my wife's is Dawn and thus the display name is Dawn. (homage to her?) I'm 59 and a financial consultant and she is a retired dentist. We live in Sausalito with our cat, our hot tub and a beautiful view of the GG bridge. Since Dawn retired and since I can pretty much travel when I want we do a considerable amount of cruising as well as other jaunts. This year we took a Celebrity cruise to Mexico, a Crystal and have booked a Seabourn from Istanbul to Athens, a Radisson to St. Petersburg, and a Athens/Singapore sailing. We usually will surf the net and if we find a bargain (and I mean a bargain!) we don't really care about the destination or even the length of cruise. Although this is the first day I've ever seen the board, I hope to become a regular lurker. Ciao.