Random thoughts from the sea
Day 7, Grand Asia 2017 Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 – At Sea And just like that, my friend Joyce missed the last step on the staircase today and ended up with two sprained ankles and in a wheelchair. It can happen to anyone, as I found last week when
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Day 6, Grand Asia 2017 Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 – At Sea The disappointing news came at 11 a.m. this morning, when the captain announced we would not stop tomorrow as planned in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Our window of good weather is closing. Winds at the port in the Aleutians
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Day 5, Grand Asia 2017 Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 – At Sea I booked my last cruise three weeks out. I booked the one before that six weeks before departure from Galveston on the way to Dubai. I love to make last-minute decisions to travel, especially when it is a
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Day 4, Grand Asia 2017 Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 – At Sea The seas have settled down a bit from the rocking and rolling of early morning yesterday. You still know you are at sea, and at times a wave hits just right and you lurch to the side. Mornings
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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
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