My friend’s parents spent a lot of time in Ireland and Tonga, of all places. I think Aus was a bit too spendy for them. France was a bit too taxey.
If I had the Paul Allen levels of money, I wouldn’t be searching for WWII era shipwrecks, I’d rather get a refurbished Fletcher class DD and rule the oceans blue.
(dream on)
Maybe I could buy a small trap freighter type boat and take donations from gullible hippies to sail around and harass Japanese ships?
(hahaha)
Anyway, good luck with your journeys.
One of my dreams is to go to Kwajalein, and see the remains of the USS Prinz Eugen (formerly a Kriegsmarine Heavy battlecruiser).
After VE Day, the Brits, who captured her, gave her to the US. We changed the name to USS Prinz Eugen and sailed her through the canal and it was nuked twice. That famous film of the bomb blast with all the ships around... the P.E. was there.
After the second blast, it STILL hadn’t sunk, but, no one could go on board to maintain the bilge pumps. They tried towing it to Seattle, but, it turned turtle and sank.
Who knows where we will end up.