Travel, Courtesy of the U.S. Navy:

(Several members of our family and I have served, or are currently serving in the U.S. Navy, traveling to many countries in the process. Click on the above link to view information on where we all traveled and information on the ships. Some of the ships have their own web links which can be reached by clicking on the address in the highlighted text accompanying the picture)

Business and pleasure travel trips to:

Alaska:   Anchorage  Cold Bay * (1959 As Mayor and official representaive of City of Buena Park California)

Japan:   Tokyo  Ito  Nagoya * (1959 As Mayor and official representaive of City of Buena park California)

Korea:   Seoule  Tegu * (1959 As Mayor and official representaive of City of Buena Park California)

These places I visited on this unforgetable trip are now memorialized in the 50th Anniversary publication of president Eisenhower's People to People Student Ambassador's program. Please click on URL below:

http://www.ambassadorprograms.org/50years/memories/bill_effinger.asp

England:  London  Birmingham  Bath    Bath  Liverpool (1980, 1988)

Holland:  Amsterdam (1988)

Australia:  Sidney  Melbourne  Cannes  Millamalong (1990)

New Zealand:  Aukland  Rotorua  Wellington  Christ Church (1990)

Hawaiian Islands:   Maui  Oahu  Kauai  Hawaii ( U.S. Navy 1949---civilian-1965, 1971, 1980, 2001)

Scotland:  Edinburgh (1980)

Mexican Riviera:  Cabo San Lucas  Mazatlan  Puerto Viarta  San Filipe (1966, 1997)

Isreal:  Haifa  Telaviv  Juruselem (1982)

Greece:  Athens  Crete Mikonos (1982)

Turkey:  Istanbul  Ephasis  (1982)

Egypt:   Cairo  Port Said (1982)

Kowloon China: (1979 business trip on behalf of Shapell Industries, San Diego as President)

Hong Kong:  (1979 business trip on behalf of Shapell Industries, San Diego as President)

Italy:  Rome  Assisi   Florence  Venice  Milan  (1982)

Italy: Rome  Civitivechia Livorno Florence   Cannes (2004)

Spain: Barcelona Vigo Cadiz Seville (2004)

Gibraltar (2004)

Morocco: Casablanca (2004)

Portugal: Lisbon (2004)

France: La Havre Paris Versaille (2004)

Scotland: Motherwell Edinborgh (2004)

England: South Hampton London (2004)

Holland: Amsterdam (2005)

Germany: Berlin Nuremburg (2005)

Austria: Regensburg Linz Passau Linz Melk Vienna (2005)

Vancouver BC (2009)

Victoria BC (2009)

Alaska: Ketchican  Juneu Skagway Anchorage (2009)

 

I welcome your comments

You can reach me at bill@billeffinger.com

 

 

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