I'm a native Washingtonian, and we both have family living in the Maryland area so we go up there occasionally. We love to go to NY and see Broadway shows and the Metropolitan Opera. We'll travel anywhere to see a sporting event (we have Redskin and Dolphin season tickets and used to have Baltimore Oriole, Washington Wizards, and Capitals tickets when we still lived there). People don't give up their Redskin tickets, ever! Until a couple of years ago, we had a great hobby. We would work as greens reporters (the people who sit at the green at a professional golf tournament and using a hand held computer, send back the scores and statistics) at a dozen or so tournaments during the year. We worked at the U.S. Opens (Men's, Seniors, and Womens); PGA Championships (Men's, Seniors, and Womens); and lots of individual tournaments all over the United States. Since it was generally 4-5 days a tournament and paying for our uniforms, hotel stay, flights, food, etc., we decided to save that time (and money) for our 3-4 cruises a year instead.

For our next three cruises, we are going to the Mediteranean; then Asia; then the Black Sea area.