Random thoughts from the sea
Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Cairo, Egypt; May 10, 2013 FEB. 9, 2021, DALLAS – Only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands – the Great Pyramid of Giza. I feel so lucky to have visited it up close in 2013. Our timing was fortuitous.
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Barcelona, Spain; May 6, 2013 FEB. 5, 2021, DALLAS — Eight years ago our Barcelona port call held significance for two reasons. It was the midway point of the 30-day cruise from Galveston to Dubai, and it was the last of the familiar ports
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Alicante, Spain; May 5, 2013 FEB. 1, 2021, DALLAS — Somehow my innate sense of direction failed me in Alicante. I could see the Santa Bárbara castle above me, but where was that darned elevator that would spare me the long climb to the
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Gibraltar; May 4, 2013 JAN. 28, 2021, DALLAS — Many years ago at my mother’s urging, I read Paul Gallico’s novel “Scruffy.” Goodreads describes it as “the hilarious fictional account of the infamous apes of Gibraltar during World War II.” Legend has it that
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Madeira, Portugal; May 2, 2013 JAN. 22, 2021, DALLAS — My lasting impression of Madeira is of an overabundance of flowers. Who knew they are growing everywhere on this remote island. If that’s not enough, vendors sell cut flowers on every street corner. The
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Galveston to Dubai, 2013 JAN. 19, 2021, DALLAS — Just a year ago my sister Elaine and I set off on our world cruise. As we rounded South America, visited Antarctica and headed west from Chile to Easter Island and eventually New Zealand and Australia, we tracked our journey on
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Day 78, Grand Half-World Voyage 2020 Sunday, March 22, 2020; Perth Airport Terminal 4, Perth, Australia We’re off the Amsterdam and on our way home. We left the ship this morning about 10 a.m., “running a gauntlet” on the outside promenade deck. The captain, hotel manager and cruise director led
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Day 68, Grand World Voyage 2020 Thursday, March 12, 2020; Cairns, Queensland, Australia Yes, it rains in the rainforest, but how else would it be so green and lush? And when you are passing high above the forest below in a gondola, you appreciate the beauty that comes with the
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Day 67, Grand World Voyage 2020 Wednesday, March 11, 2020; Townsville, Queensland, Australia What can I say about Townsville? Actually, not too much. I took the free shuttle to town, ran into a friend, went to a bar for a beer and came back to the ship. It was a
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Day 64, Grand World Voyage 2020 Sunday, March 8, 2020; Sydney, Australia When does the display and ownership of indigenous art cross the line into unethical appropriation? I gained an insight into this thorny issue today while on a docent-led tour of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the
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