September 25,2023 We sailed into the port of Olbia, Sardina to blue skies and some cool ferries. We cancelled our winery tour and stayed on board. I’m sorry to have missed Sardinia, but we’ve realized that we just do not have the stamina for day after day touring…and we do love sea days. We slept...
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So after breakfast we attended another great presentation by Dave Williams – iPhone movie making, then ran (well, I ran) to meet up with Arlene and Gil for Trivia…and ta da! After five days of trivia…we won! And we won on the day that saw the greatest number of trivia teams. Yay us! We were...
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Well, here we are on the sixth morning of our seven day cruise. It’s perfick out here on the veranda – air temp is slightly cool – we’ve left the balmy tropical Bermuda air behind – the breeze is gentle, the sea is rolling and I’m exactly where I always want to be. The sun...
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Yesterday’s onboard events were sobering, and it is remarkable to me that some humans (well this human anyway) can be both sad and chastened in one moment and elated and filled with delight just a few hours later. This dichotomy truly is a puzzle. By evening my unease had dissipated and I was filled with...
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Before we retired, we were up at 5:30 a.m. five days a week. In early retirement, when not traveling, I’d set the alarm for seven and head off to an eight o’clock yoga or exercise class. That extra hour and a half of sleep felt like such a luxury. As we moved deeper into retirement...
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It’s been four weeks since our kayak misadventure and I’m still struggling with how to characterize it. This was only our second time in a kayak and most likely our last. I’m certainly not a quitter and I have a suspicion that if we could just practice on a very calm, windless waterway (or in...
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We awoke in another beautiful fjord. I took this photo from the balcony as we ate breakfast. After breakfast I set out with a small group of shipmates on a tender for the village of Vopnafjorour. It’s a tiny fishing village with just 600 or so residents and no real visitors to speak of. Just...
Continue readingOur last full day on board was as wonderful as our first. Coffee on the Balcony, followed by late risers breakfast. Omelets for both of us. Vucko and Petar. Teresa and German. We played (and lost) Trivia one last time. It was such a joy playing with Marty, Dana, Steve and Barbara. What we lacked...
Continue readingWe met up with Arlene and Gil for pre-dinner drinks in the Cove. Two items of note in this photo: the blue drink is a Sapphire Martini…looks yummy right? Well, to me it’s actually somewhere between Grappa and Jaegermeister …a definite no. The other noteworthy item? Arlene’s necklace! This beautiful piece is one of her...
Continue readingWe awoke in the port of St. Thomas to this amazing sight. Here’s a sea plane landing. One more view of the harbor. After breakfast we met with Immigration in the Galaxy Theatre. The entire process took no longer than 8 minutes, from the time we joined the line, till the process was complete. This...
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