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Welcome to my travel journal featuring people, places, and food. I write to remember and to share my vacation experiences.
My hope is that my travel opportunities will encourage you to make wonderful travel memories of your own.
There are two ways to find a trip: Links at top of the page or under the Categories menu. Note that there may be more than one trip under certain categories.
Note: All of the posts for each trip are in reverse chronological order.
April Ports of Call
On our 22-day cruise in April, we had 10 ports of call. Cartagena, San Diego, and San Francisco were the only ports that we had visited before; however, we have been to Guatemala and Costa Rica before but at different ports. Some people call the Panama Canal day a port of call because there are…
Keep readingFebruary Ports of Call – Western Caribbean
Fort Lauderdale – You may be wondering why I am including Fort Lauderdale as a port of call since it is an embarkation/disembarkation port. When you are on a B2B, the embarkation port becomes a port of call for all those people who are staying on for the next cruise. You are called an in-transit…
Keep readingFebruary Ports of Call – Eastern Caribbean
As I mentioned earlier, we had been to all of the ports in the Caribbean before. When this happens, we may elect to just stay on the ship. The pros to staying on the ship when most people are heading to the port – sleeping late because you don’t have to be up for an…
Keep readingEvening Activities
Each of our cruises had a variety of activities in the evenings. I think the biggest difference between the two ships was the amount of music venues. On the Eurodam, your choices were Rolling Stone Lounge, Billboard Onboard (piano players), Ocean Bar, and Explorers Lounge (classical music). On the Koningsdam, you had all of those…
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