Random thoughts from the sea
Day 31, 2024 Majestic Japan Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024; Nagasaki, Japan Today was the second of our visits to historic atomic bomb sites in Japan. The tour this morning in Nagasaki went to this city’s Atomic Bomb Museum, the nearby hypocenter (ground zero) and Peace Park. In many ways, the
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Day 1, 2024 Ultimate Alaska Sunday, June 9, 2024; Seattle, Washington With its rugged beauty and abundant wildlife, it’s no surprise that Alaska is one of the most popular cruise destinations. Ports like Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Sitka can host as many as 10,000 cruise ship passengers a day. So
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Days 2-4, 2023 South America & Antarctica Grand Voyage Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 8-10, 2023, Georgetown, Grand Cayman and sea days While I love visiting exotic and exciting ports, sea days may be my favorite, especially at the beginning of a long cruise. They give me a chance to unpack, learn my
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Day 58, Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 2, 2023; Port Louis, Mauritius. Today we visited Mauritius — one of the small island countries scattered around the Indian Ocean on the eastern side of Africa. I didn’t know much about this island or the nearby La Réunion, which we will visit
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Day -2, Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The reunions have begun! I planted myself in the Fort Lauderdale hotel lobby early this morning and — as I suspected — started seeing familiar faces. Some had just flown to Florida on red-eye flights. Others were
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Day -81, 2020 World Cruise Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, Chicago If you are cruising for a week in the Caribbean or Alaska, you hardly need a port plan. The Caribbean offers sun, sand, shopping and rum. Alaska has the natural beauty of glaciers, mountains, wildlife and the sea. Sign up
Continue readingDay 58, Grand Asia 2017 Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 – At Sea Much goes on behind the scenes on the Amsterdam to make our time here special, and we seldom see it. Today I had an opportunity to look behind the curtain and take a tour of the galley. The
Continue readingDay 31, Grand Asia 2017 Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 –Xi’an, China I didn’t know there was anything in Xi’an other than the terracotta warriors. Boy was I wrong. The warriors aren’t even in town, but almost an hour away. The “town” has 8 million people. One million of them are
Continue readingDay 22, Grand Asia 2017 Monday, Oct. 23, 2017 – At Sea As we sail toward tomorrow morning’s port of Tianjin, China, the ship traffic surrounding us continues to increase, and we pass dozens of fishing boats. After so many sea days crossing the North Pacific Ocean with no sights
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