November 25,2023 Castries, St. Lucia We awoke as we were sailing into St. Lucia. We had a most delightful day aboard the Fish Tank with Captain Howard and Tony. According to Howard, the Pitons are a World Heritage site – formed by volcanos and include a geothermal field and hot springs. Howard is a wealth...
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November 24,2023 St. Kitts We finally had a chance to get off the big ship and get into a smaller ship to sail and snorkel. In my opinion, it’s the best way to spend the American Holiday known as Black Friday. It’s been more than twenty years since I’ve been inside a mall (or any...
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November 23,2023 San Juan Turn around day for our second leg of this cruise fell on Thanksgiving day. I suspect the itinerary dates were set by folks in Europe…because I can’t imagine that an American thought it would be a good thing to start and end a cruise on Thanksgiving. Whatever. We walked off the...
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November 22,2023 St. Martin, French West Indies We are trying to remember the last time we visited St. Martin. We think it was 2007 or 2008…we rented a one bedroom condo, in January, for one week.…it was a colleague’s time share, on the Dutch side … not a very memorable property…small beach…”Mountain” view. However, it...
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November 21,2023 Serenity Road Town, BVI Our snorkeling excursion was canceled…perhaps because of the iffy weather. As it turned out, it sprinkled on and off…with an occasional downpour all day long. No worries! I turned the lemons into a Lemon Drop Martini, and headed to the Spa. The new spa on Serenity is truly beautiful...
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November 20,2023 Serenity. We were having canapés when I realized that I hadn’t taken any photos all day. Not a single one. What the heck? I really should have documented for posterity our first second breakfast in Tastes. I had a perfect cheese omelet, Tim scrambled eggs, then we repaired to the Bistro for puzzles...
Continue readingNovember 19,2023 Santo Domingo experienced a severe weather event overnight as evidenced by the dark brown muddy waters and debris floating in the sea as we waited for clearance into the port. Flood waters carried detritus down the Ozama river, depositing large amounts of trash into the waters surrounding the port. Breakfast in our suite,...
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Serenity November 18,2023 We’d been solving the New York Times “Wordle” game every day, when a few months ago a new word game appeared in my news feed: “Connections”. We tried it, liked it and added it to our morning puzzle routine. I like Connections because it’s usually a greater challenge for me than Wordle...
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November 17,2023 Crystal Serenity One of the first things that Timmy did when we boarded on Monday was to label the light switches. He did this for me on Symphony – several days into that cruise. I guess he tired of me switching every light on in search of the living room ceiling lights. There...
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November 17,2023 Serenity When we began cruising, we’d occasionally hear other guests say “The ship is the destination” in answer to the question “Did you go ashore today?” and I’d be puzzled, because I’d want to see and experience e v e r y t i n g. Fast forward…here we are cruising in the...
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