Random thoughts from the sea
Day 3, Grand Asia 2017 Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 – At Sea While I picked this cruise for its Asian and Pacific ports, I also love the sea days. We will have about 40 sea days, and we are starting out with five before we arrive in Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
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Day 2, Grand Asia 2017 Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 After the last-minute rush of preparing to be away for 80 days, today was finally time to relax. As usual, I was up early and headed for the Lido buffet for coffee and the morning paper. Holland America provides an eight-page
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Day 1, Grand Asia 2017 Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was look out the hotel window to make sure the MS Amsterdam had arrived at the San Diego harbor pier overnight. She was right where I expected her. Now just
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Day -1, Grand Asia 2017 Sept. 30, 2017 I’m sitting on the balcony of the Wyndham San Diego Bayside, looking at Holland America’s Oosterdam at the pier across the street. It leaves later today for points south, but overnight the Amsterdam will take its place. And I will board with
Continue readingWhen I took my first cruise almost 20 years ago, you could find an inside cabin fare for a week in the Caribbean for about $500 a person. You can find the same fare, if not better, today. With competition keeping cruise fares low, the cruise lines have learned how
Continue readingAfter a year off the seas, I’m off on another cruise! Today I am setting sail on the Emerald Princess from Galveston for a week of sailing to Cozumel, Costa Maya and Belize. I hadn’t planned a January cruise. Several months ago my two sisters, my mother and I signed
Continue readingOne of the things I like about cruising is meeting new people. If you are on a weeklong cruise with your family, you may not have much opportunity to make more than a passing acquaintance. But when I am on a longer cruise or cruising alone I meet lots of
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 31 – Dubai, United Arab Emerates May 21, 2013 Disembarkation day is the worst way to end a cruise in my mind. First, the vacation (working or not) is over. Someone else will be sleeping in your cruise ship bed tonight. The process of leaving the
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Days 28-30 – At Sea in the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf May 18-20, 2013 It was hard to believe that the cruise was almost over. Thirty days passed quickly. So, too, did the six days at sea that ended our
Continue readingIf you want to be busy every minute of the day, even on days at sea, you can easily fill your time. As readers of my Dear Cruise Diary reports know, I manage to stay busy. And yet I don’t participate in many of the planned activities. Just not my
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