Random thoughts from the sea
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
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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingToday 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
Continue readingDear 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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