Random thoughts from the sea
Day -9, Grand Asia 2018 Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 – Chicago I mentioned in my last blog post that I had accepted a paid upgrade offer from Holland America. This raises some questions on upgrades – who gets offers and what the offers are. My short answer to these questions
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Day -11, Grand Asia 2018 Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 – Chicago: I just got a second cabin upgrade offer today. I remember that last year a number of people on this cruise upgraded to balcony cabins in the week or so before the cruise, as Holland America made offers at
Continue readingAs you might have read on my Oct. 10 post from my 2017 Grand Asia cruise, “There’s No Prize for Packing Light,” I took one large suitcase, two medium, a carry-on and a backpack. I returned home with an additional carry-on, a gift from Holland America. Here is a brief
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 4 Unless you are diligent about asking others to take your photo with your camera or smartphone, you may not have many photos of yourself on your cruise. I am one of those people who don’t think to ask. So when I
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 3 Despite this digital age, I do like to have a hard copy of pictures, so I put together a photo book. When I’m feeling nostalgic, I can peruse the book and remember the wonderful times I have had while traveling. Making
Continue readingWhat To Do with All Those Pictures? Part 2 Feb. 16, 2018 Back in the 1990s, I spent a week alone each fall at a friend’s cottage on Vinalhaven Island in Maine. One year I spent the evenings at the large kitchen table putting together photo albums from my boxes
Continue readingI came home from the 80-day Grand Asia cruise with 6.224 photographs. I doubt anyone wants to come over to watch my slideshow. The downfall of digital photographs is that there is little reason to restrain from taking so many. I find I’m hoping that one will be that perfect
Continue readingDay 80, Grand Asia 2017 Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 – At Sea I might pay a lot of money to have someone deal with the end-of-cruise hassle – the packing, waiting for your number to be called for leaving the ship, finding your luggage on shore, going through customs, getting
Continue readingDay 79, Grand Asia 2017 Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 – At Sea I ran into the culinary department manager a couple of days ago and told him the food on this cruise has been great, but the portions could be smaller. I’m not in the habit of having two- or
Continue readingDay 78, Grand Asia 2017 Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 – At Sea Some things have changed since I last sailed on the MS Amsterdam in 2010. One is the culinary program. We used to sign up for a Culinary Arts Center experience – cooking in the demo kitchen with one
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