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Happy new year from the Queen Mary 2
We are making new memories on our first voyage on an ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2. Click on photos to enlarge. The midnight buffet opened early for its photo shoot. There were parties throughout the ship. Nonetheless, having spent my … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruises, Cunard, New Year, Ocean Liner, Queen Mary 2, Travel
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Entertainment at sea: The Wonder of the Seas
Many people choose Royal Caribbean’s enormous ships because they offer so much entertainment variety. Indeed, we suggested the Wonder of the Seas to our nephew and niece because we thought their son would enjoy it more. We particularly liked the … Continue reading
When you get ill on a cruise ship.
If you have been reading this blog very long, you know Alie has had rheumatoid arthritis for 54 years. In the early days, aspirin was the only medicine designed for arthritis. Subsequent medicines used for other purposes were found to … Continue reading
Looking back to a particularly joyous holiday.
We rarely travel at Christmas, and this year COVID-19 adds another reason. However, this is a travel blog, so here is one of our best Christmas memories. We took a 2011 Christmas cruise in the Caribbean. Many families were on … Continue reading
Constanta, Romania
Last week we were able to spend some time with a 95-year-old friend who was born in Romania. That made me want to look back to our one-day visit in 2006. A cruise ship does not let one become acquainted … Continue reading
What makes a great cruise?
Management and leadership usually make the difference. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, as it was known at the time, transferred two ships to its new subsidiary Azamara Cruises in 2008. One of these was renamed the Journey. In December 2009, we … Continue reading
Visiting Cassis, not drinking it.
I never gave Cassis much thought because I was only familiar with Crème de Cassis, a sweet, dark red liqueur made from black currants. Then in 2006, we were on a cruise ship that offered an excursion from Marseille to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassis, Crème de Cassis, Cruises, cruising, France, Marseille, Travel
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Xunantunich Mayan ruins: Belize
I first visited Belize City with friends in 1984 to charter a sailboat for a week of diving. It was an extremely poor town with unpaved streets. Cruise ships started visiting in 1998, and when Alie and I stopped twenty … Continue reading
Visiting a time warp: Madang, Papua New Guinea
Boys in hand-crafted dugout canoes rowed beside our ship. Guests on the ship’s deck threw gifts – fruit, coins and other minor items, and the boys dove to retrieve them. It is was something I had seen before, perhaps in … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruises, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Travel, World War II history
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Back-street Bergen
If you have followed this blog for a while, you know we like to take a cruise when we can. We often see a place we might not otherwise visit, one does not have to move to a new hotel … Continue reading
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