Hilo, Hawaii – After our five sea days, we made our first port call at Hilo. I was out on the balcony as the ship entered the harbor and tied up to the pier. I wanted to see the mountains inland but, a moderately dense layer of vog limited visibility. This cloud of sulfurous volcanic […]
Continue readingChicago to San Diego – We left Chicago O’Hare for San Diego early on Saturday, April 11. Our cruise didn’t start until Sunday but we flew out a day early to avoid any airline delays that might cause us to miss the ship. Spending the night at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor was our insurance […]
Continue readingWe got back from our cruise to Hawaii very early on Tuesday morning. It was a great trip. I will be posting a detailed report once I get caught up here at work and have a little more free time.
Continue readingGeorgia and I will soon be off on our next adventure. In the morning, we are leaving for a cruise to Hawaii. We will fly to San Diego tomorrow and spend the night there. On Easter Sunday we will check in with Carnival Cruise Lines at the Port of San Diego before being transported to […]
Continue readingAugust 27-28 – Sea Days Two sea days in a row to relax and just enjoy cruising! The seas were the roughest of the trip but not so bad as to be really uncomfortable. We slept in both mornings, spend time on the balcony, did some duty free shopping in the onboard shops,lost a little […]
Continue readingAugust 23 – Helsinki I was on our balcony as the Splendor sailed into the port of Helsinki. My first impression, as we passed pine and fir covered islands, was that it looked a lot like the south coast of Alaska. Indeed, Helsinki is a little further north than Juneau and the climate is similar. […]
Continue readingAugust 19 – Sea Day Our first full day on board the Splendor was a sea day. We used the morning to explore the ship and attended cruise director John Heald’s first port talk covering Copenhagen, Warnemünde and Helsinki. Lunch on the Lido deck was followed by more explorations and some quiet time on our […]
Continue readingAugust 13 – 14 – Chicago to London I worked a half day then got home in time for Georgia and I to take our prearranged cab to O’Hare. We were there the required two hours before our flight, cleared the security checkpoint relatively quickly, sat in the gate area for an hour and boarded […]
Continue readingDay 6 – At Sea Another day of classes for Georgia and another day to enjoy the ship for me. This was our last full day aboard. The seas were a little rougher and the ship was moving more in the morning but, it got calmer as the day went on. I took a lot […]
Continue readingDay 1 – From snow to sunshine, Chicago to Fort Lauderdale Our Caribbean cruise started from Port Everglades on Saturday so, we flew to Fort Lauderdale on Friday. This was a crafters group cruise for Georgia (husbands were invite to tag along) and we were meeting up with some of the others from the Klik […]
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