Off on Another Adventure: Lisbon, Portugal Our latest adventure has taken us to another corner of the world. We drove just 45 minutes from our home to Fayetteville Regional Airport in North Carolina, where parking is a breeze—you can leave your car just 30 steps from check-in. Our destination for […]
Dateline November 25, 2024: Portugal and Transatlantic Cruising Read More »
2024 Travel, Cruising
The picture was taken from a Hill in St. Lucia. We left home and headed to Orlando airport to board a plane for Puerto Rico for a day of sightseeing and where we would board the Norwegian Epic for a cruise to some of the Caribbean Islands. Crazy Preparations: Like
Dateline: February 28, 2022—Cruising The Caribbean from Puerto Rico Read More »
2022 Travel, Cruising
We boarded the cruise ship in San Antonio Chile to start our 14 day cruise around the South American continent. Chile After our flight from Lima, Peru to Chile,we spent the evening at a hotel in Santiago, then did a morning bus tour around the Santiago area including some of
Dateline March 5, 2018 Cruising South America and Iguzu Falls Read More »
2018 Travel, Cruising, South America
Oceania Cruise, On-board Sirena We arrived at the port to check in for our cruise only to be handed a memo that said, “Egypt stops canceled.” We were taking the cruise to see both Egypt and Israel; the rest was of little interest. Our disappointment was extremely high! We decided
Dateline June 16, 2016 – Greek Isles on Oceania Sirena Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Mediterranean
We started out from Copenhagen on the Baltic Capitals adventure. Since we decided to post Saint Petersburg as it own post, here are the other ports starting with Copenhagen. Copenhagen The Norwegian Star uses Copenhagen as its starting port for both the Baltic and Norway Fyord cruises. We were fortunate
Dateline May 17, 2016 – The Baltics Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Europe
Saint Petersburg is the most northern city in the world. It enjoys an average of 35 days of sunshine per year. We were fortunate in be able to have two warm sunny days to visit this remarkable city and to enjoy being told the history and visit the many sites
Dateline May 14, 2016 – St Petersburg Russia Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Europe
We headed out on Sunday from Copenhagen to our Norwegian Fyords adventure along the west coast of Norway. The next morning we awoke to poor weather again. The captain came on the speaker and said we were entering a low and would have some waves but not to be afraid,
Dateline: May 8, 2016 – Norwegian Fyords Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Europe
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean is not for sissies! Departing Tampa on April 17th we began the thirteen day cruise to Copenhagen on the NCL Norwegian Star. We passed under the St. Petersberg Skyway bridge out into the Gulf of Mexico down around Key West and into the Florida Straits on
Dateline May 1, 2016: Transatlantic Tampa to Copenhagen Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Europe
On April 17th we start a ten week adventure, first boarding the Norwegian Star in Tampa for a transatlantic cruise that will make two stops on our way to Copenhagen, Denmark. The planning has been a lot of fun and we admit, quite time-consuming. After crossing the Atlantic, we will
Dateline April 1, 2016 – Planning our New Adventure – Europe Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Europe
We drove the 40 miles down to the Port of Miami to board the Norwegian Epic. We thought it would be a fun Thanksgiving week to get away and “float” for seven days. The process of boarding and getting to our stateroom was pretty straight forward. Once underway we traveled
Norwegian Epic and the Western Caribbean. Thanksgiving 2014 Read More »
2014 Travel, Cruising