Our Trips

We have been blessed with the sense of adventure and the love for travel. Paul Pitzer started his travels when he joined the Peace Corps and lived in Iran for two years in the mid 1960s. Grace Pitzer started traveling with her high school geography class when it went to Mexico for two weeks over the summer between her junior and senior years. Since getting married, as time and funds permitted we have traveled together.

Year    Time              Location
Paul Only:
1965 - 1967              Peace Corps in Iran
1966   Summer        Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel
Grace Only:
1962    Summer       Mexico
1965    Summer       Mexico, Guatemala
Together:
1971    Summer        Honeymoon trip to England, Europe, Soviet Union, Iran, Turkey
1975    Summer        England, Scotland, Wales
1978    Summer        Europe bus tour with relatives
1980    Summer       Tour and Cruise of Greece, Egypt, Israel: (American Express)
1981    Summer        Mazatlan, Mexico
1982    Summer       China, Japan, Thailand
1984    Summer       Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Hawaii
1990    Summer       Japan for month teacher exchange, Hawaii
1991    Summer        Japan for month with students
1996    Spring           East Caribbean Cruise: (Norwegian Cruise Line)
1996    Summer        Alaska Cruise with all parents: (Norwegian Cruise Line)
1997    Summer        Galapagos, Machu Picchu: (INCA)
1998    Spring           West Caribbean Cruise: (Norwegian Cruise Line)
1998    Summer        Hawaii, Maui
1999    Spring            East Caribbean Cruise: (Celebrity Cruise Line)
1999    Summer        China: (China Plus)
2000  Spring            West Caribbean Cruise: (Norwegian Cruise Line)
2000   Fall                 Vancouver, BC to Ft. Lauderdale, Panama Canal Cruise: (Holland America)
2001    February       Belize Snorkeling Safari: (Sea For Yourself)
2001    Fall                 4 Week Cruise, Baltic, Europe, 1 Week in Italy: (Orient Line)
2002    January         Antarctica, Argentina, Brazil: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2002    Fall                 Tahiti - Easter Island Cruise: (Society Expeditions)
2003    February       Bonaire Snorkeling Safari: (Sea For Yourself)
2003    July                Svalbard, Iceland, Photo Expedition: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2004    May               Fiji, Vanuatu, New Guinea, Guam Cruise: (Society Expeditions)
2005    February       Hawaii, Maui
2005    July                Safari: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwa: (Overseas Adventure Travel, OAT)
2006    Jan/Feb         Egypt, Jordan: (OAT)
2006    March/April  Baja, Photo Expedition: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2006    November    Galapagos Islands, Photo Expedition: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2007    February        Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Mianmar, Vietnam: (OAT)
2007    September    Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, Photo Expedition: (LIndblad Expeditions)
2008    January          India, Bhutan: (OAT)
2008    Oct/Nov        Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica, Photo Expedition: (LIndblad Expeditions)
2009    March/April   Baja, Photo Expedition: (Lindblad Expedition)
2009    May                Namibia, Botswana, Photo Safari: (Lindblad Photographers)
2010    February         Kenya, Tanzania, Photo Safari: (LIndblad Photographers)
2010    October          New York City, New Hampshire, Vermont, Boston
2011     January            Maui, Hawaii
2011     June/July         Mongolia, China: (OAT)
2011    Aug/Sept         Alaska: Denali and Photo Expedition in Inland Passage: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2012    Jan/Feb            Kenya, Tanzania, Photo Safari: (Lindblad Photographers)
2012    March/April    17 West African Counties, South Africa north to Morocco: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2013    Jan/Feb            Cuba: (Grand Circle Foundation)
2014    January            Bali, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia: (OAT)
2014   April                  Baja, California Photo Expedition: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2014   September       Singapore, Borneo: (Lindblad Expeditions)
2015   May/June         Jewels of Bohemia, Eastern Europe and Eastern Europe to the Black Sea: (OAT)
2015   August             Wildlife Paradise Photo Safari, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia: (Lindblad Photographers)
2016   April/May        Tuscany and Umbria: Rustic Beauty in the Italian Heartland: (OAT)
2017   February           Cuba Revealed: Cultural pathways from Camaguay to Havana (Grand Circle Foundation)
2017   March/April      Baja, California: A Remarkable Journey: Photo Expedition (Lindblad Expeditions)
2018   July/August      Maritime Provinces of Canada: (Grand Circle Travel)
2019   June/July          Canadian Rockies with Pre-trip to Yellowstone N.P: (Grand Circle Travel)
2019   Sept./Oct.        Irish Adventure: Belfast, Dublin & the Northwest Counties with Pre-trip to Killarney & Dingle (OAT)
Favorite Travel Companies:
Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT)
Lindblad Expeditions
Grand Circle Travel

According to the Country List published by Traveler’s Century Club, we qualify by having traveled to over 100 of their countries. http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/

We have another Travel Blog which we used from 2010 - Spring of 2015. I have switched over to the Travel Blog on this site now. The old one is still active, however.
http://pitzertravels.blogspot.com