Random thoughts from the sea
Day 16, 2024 Ultimate Mediterranean Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024; Lucca, Italy. Alongside the giants of Tuscany (Florence and Pisa) sits the more manageable city of Lucca. Today we wandered the city from inside its intact 2.5 miles of ancient wall. Being a Sunday morning, the streets and plazas were somewhat
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Day 9, 2024 Ultimate Mediterranean Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024; Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal Alas, my plan to enjoy my favorite cocktail – a gin and tonic – at Peter’s Café Sport in Horta, Azores, went awry. Seas too rough for tendering ashore caused us to miss yesterday’s port call after
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Day 11 post-cruise, 2024 Majestic Japan Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024; Galveston, Texas I knew something was up when in the course of an hour or two I started getting notices of a few dozen new subscribers to my blog. I hadn’t published a post in several days, so this was
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Day 71, 2024 Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 14, 2024; At Sea, East China Sea. I’ve been given the gift of a string of mostly unplanned days on the ship. My injured toe is healing nicely and with my sisters traveling overland in China, I’m pretty much alone – well,
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Day 45, 2024 Grand World Voyage Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024; At Sea, Pacific Ocean. It’s been a busy eight days at sea on the Zuiderdam. Even Captain Frank said it is his longest stretch between ports. I recall on the 2017 Grand Asia we had 11 sea days between San
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Day 65, 2023 Grand South America and Antarctica Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023; Devil’s Island, French Guiana We are at Devils Island today, and appropriately, it’s hot as hell. I didn’t check the temperature, but on land it felt like the hottest day so far. It’s hard to remember that just
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Day 41, Part 2, Grand World Voyage Monday, Feb. 13, 2023; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Super Bowl Monday? That’s what it is here in Tasmania, with the kickoff live at 10:30 a.m. local time. The Zuiderdam’s World Stage is about one-third full as the game is about to begin. Many passengers
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Day 27, Grand World Voyage Monday, Jan. 30, 2023; Nuku’alofa, Tonga. I sent my new dress from Tonga to the laundry on board the ship. I’m not sure what to expect when it comes back. I loved the fabric pattern and the simple A-line design. Its light weight, I thought,
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