Random thoughts from the sea
Day 35, Staying at Home Monday, April 27, 2020; Dallas, Texas We were warned we would come home to a different world. They were right. Last Thursday marked a month since our return from the “Grand Half-World Voyage 2020” as I took to describing our interrupted cruise. We left after
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Day 21, Grand World Voyage 2020 Friday, Jan. 24, 2020; Buenos Aires, Argentina Think of Malbec and you’re likely to think of Argentina. Yes, this hearty red grape originated in the Bordeaux region of France, but now it is mostly grown in Argentina. So today we enjoyed a great Kaiken
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Between Cruises Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, Chicago When I cruised through Asia and the South Pacific last fall, I captured my memories in sketches instead of photographs. I did the same on my recent Voyage of the Vikings cruise. So I asked myself, why not compile a sketchbook of my
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Day 43, Grand Asia 2018 Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, At Sea: I’ve written before about how I discovered a love of watercolor during last year’s Grand Asia cruise. Our instructor Jack encouraged us to paint what we wanted, to use all the supplies we needed and to paint all day.
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Day 16, Grand Asia 2018 Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, Yokohama, Japan: I had debated about whether to take a tour to Tokyo today. My strongest memories of last year’s visit there are of rain. I felt like somehow I had missed seeing the Tokyo I expected to see. But the
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