Random thoughts from the sea
Dear Cruise Diary Day 16 – Barcelona May 6, 2013 Today all but about 900 passengers were leaving the ship, so I wasn’t in a huge hurry to deal with the crowds. After another breakfast in the Windjammer, I packed away the last few things in my suitcase, leaving out
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 15 – Alicante, Spain May 5, 2013 Again, I was in no rush to get going in the morning, so by the time I had breakfast and packed for the day ashore, it was probably 9:30 am when I left the ship and caught the
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 14 – Gibraltar May 4, 2013 I had forgotten to change the time on my iPhone the night before, so when I woke up I thought it was 6 and not 7 and went back to sleep. No worries – I didn’t have any schedule to
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 13 – At Sea in the Atlantic Ocean May 3, 2013 I guessed 8 am was the new 6 am, at least for me in the morning. I went to dinner later than normal (8:30 or later), stayed up later and thus slept later. I
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Day 12 – Funchal, Madeira (Portugal) May 2, 2013 Many of my fellow cruisers had signed up for shore excursions in Madeira, and I knew they all would be eating early and ready to leave the ship by 8 am if not earlier. So I used that
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingSo 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
Continue readingI’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
Continue readingThe 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
Continue readingDear 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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