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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 5, April 25, 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 5 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean April 25, 2013   I’m not sure I would have woken in time for the 7 am stretching class had I not set my alarm last night. I managed to get a quick cup of coffee and a

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 4, April 24, 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 4 – Nassau, Bahamas April 24, 2013 As I feared, the hour time change hit me in the morning. I woke up at 6:30 am when my alarm went off, and then fell back asleep until 7:30, so I missed stretching class and went straight to

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 3, April 23, 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Dear Cruise Diary Day 3 – Sea Day April 23, 2013   After another good night of sleep, I woke about 6:30 – just in time to dress, grab a cup of coffee and a little fruit and head to stretching at 7 a.m. The class was packed, so I

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Two Decades of Cruising

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Today’s port call in Nassau, Bahamas, reminded me that I’ve now been cruising for 20 years. Nassau was the final port of my first cruise, back in 1993. I had just finished a couple of huge work projects, both ending with press conferences in New York City. Then Mother Nature

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Dear Cruise Diary — Day 2, April 22, 2013

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Think of Dear Cruise Diary as my travel journal. These entries will outline the Five Ws (who, what, where, when, maybe why) of my trips. There are probably a lot of details that only interest me, but it’s a good reference for future trips and maybe a memoir one day!

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Dear Cruise Diary – Day 1, April 21, 2013

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jo Johnston

Think of Dear Cruise Diary as my travel journal. These entries will outline the Five Ws (who, what, where, when, maybe why) of my trips. There are probably a lot of details that only interest me, but it’s a good reference for future trips and maybe a memoir one day!

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Good at Doing Nothing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jo Johnston

It’s early afternoon and I am sitting in the poolside shade watching a line-dance class and thinking it looks like pretty good exercise while having fun. Maybe tomorrow. Today is Day 2, the first full day of my 30-day Mariner of the Seas cruise from Galveston to Dubai. Technically it

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