Random thoughts from the sea
Day 10, 2023 Holiday Panama Canal Sunfarer Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023; Caribbean Sea I greeted the last day of 2023 with an hour of precious solitude, sitting alone in the Lido Restaurant on a ship with 2,000 passengers. I accomplished this feat by getting up at 5:15 a.m. and watching
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Day 2, Grand World Voyage Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023; Caribbean Sea. Welcome Home! That’s how Holland America greets cruisers on its grand voyages, and it is nice to see it hasn’t changed. Embarkation day is always hectic, and this one was no exception. But even so, boarding the Zuiderdam did
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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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