A recent 25-day roundtrip cruise from Boston to Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador, Greenland, and Iceland produced hundreds of memorable photos. My personal rule is show 10 or less to friends. Why? I’ve sat through an excruciating mass of vacation photos from friends or posted on social media outlets. Ten is plenty. So, enjoy my[…]
There is nothing easier than cruising roundtrip from your hometown; no TSA lines or airline delays and, once onboard, you immediately begin your vacation. That’s what it was like sailing from San Diego on Holland America Line (HAL for short). The Mexican Riviera was our destination for a seven day cruise on the MS Westerdam.[…]
Travel tip: schedule your arrival in port a few days before embarkation. It allows you to relax and adjust to time zone changes, stop over in interesting cities, as well as build in time to work around possible travel delays. Our choice for this trip was to visit Tampa and sail on Carnival’s Legend. A[…]
Gunkhole is a nautical term loosely defined as “to wander, discovering whatever is around the next bend or just over the horizon.” My wife and I enjoyed a splendid week of gunkholing aboard CruiseWest’s Spirit of Endeavor on their Pacific Northwest Coastal Escape departing from Seattle. The ship carries only 102 passengers and its small[…]
Our plan was simple: fly to Honolulu a few days prior to sailing on NCL’s Pride of America and explore the famous North Shore of O’ahu. An easy hour-long drive from the airport brought us to the beautiful Turtle Bay Resort, which sits on four plus miles of beachfront. We unpacked, explored the grounds and[…]