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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 11, May 1, 2013

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 11 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean May 1, 2013 What more was there to say about another day at sea? I slept in till about 8 am, as I had the last few days. Dressed and up to the Windjammer for breakfast, then back

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Final Thoughts on Choosing a Cruise Ship Cabin

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Jo Johnston

So you’ve chosen which category of cabin – now where do you want to be on the ship: low or high deck; forward, midship or aft? The closer to the middle and the lower the deck, the less movement there is on the ship. With stabilizers, today’s cruise ships really

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Should I Splurge on a Balcony?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

I’ve sailed a couple of times in balcony cabins – once when my friend Ginzy insisted, and another time when we got a good deal on a 14-day Caribbean cruise. I had been to every one of the 10 ports we visited, so I knew I would enjoy staying on

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How Much Cabin Can I Afford?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

The question of which cabin to choose on a cruise ship is mostly personal preference – after all, the cruise lines do seem to fill all the cabins, don’t they? I have stayed (twice) in the very bottom rung, and visited my parents’ cabin once near the top. Of course

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 10, April 30, 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 10– At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 30, 2013 One thing about an inside cabin is that you never had any light to indicate what time it was when you woke up. I slept in till 8 – no doubt in part because I stayed

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 9, April 29, 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 9– At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 29, 2013   I slept in again, after a pretty restless night. I kept waking up thinking it should be morning, but it would be just 2-something, then 4-something. I think the combination of changing time and eating

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 8, April 28, 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 8– At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 28, 2013   I woke up at 7 am, a little earlier than the last morning or two and enjoyed being lazy in the cabin and finishing my book on the morning TV show battles. To shake things

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 7, April 27, 2013

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 7 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 27, 2013   This is the problem with not keeping up with the journal every day. Today is really Day 10 and I am trying to remember what I did on Day 7. I jotted down some

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 6, April 26, 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 6 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 26, 2013 Once again, I slept in and while I dressed for walking or perhaps taking the short stretching class poolside at mid morning, I did neither. Instead, I headed for the Windjammer, had my usual bagel

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Too Much Time — Too Much to Do

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Today is Day 3 of seven consecutive sea days as we cruise from the Bahamas to Madeira, a Portuguese island group west of Morocco. I think most people cruise to visit distant ports, but transatlantic crossers know that the sea days can be special, too. My first transatlantic crossing was

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