Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas - page 3

Happy Memorial Day! While we are sailing around in this enjoyable cruise ship and being pampered by all the services, we are reminded of all those who made sacrifices to allow us to have this good life. At 3:00 pm the bridge announced a minute of silence throughout the ship in honor of Memorial Day. One of the things they covered in the Wake Show was the numbers of passengers by nationality. There are 1559 from USA, 163 from Canada, 47 from UK, 20 from New Zealand, 18 Australians, and various others. On the next part of our cruise, we expect the UK to take over leadership. We got up this morning in time to go to the dining room for breakfast. Janet was able to have eggs benedict. She has long felt that Princess serves ... read more

March 27 – 30 - What could possibly go wrong..... We had a wonderful evening after leaving Madeira, first dinner, then the main show and we strolled through all the piano bars sipping our wine. We will have a day at sea and then arrive in Casablanca tomorrow morning. This is why Kirsten picked this cruise. Everyone on the ship is buzzing around and talking about Casablanca and where to go and what to do. Lots to see. The ship’s captain is Italian, the cruise director is British, we’re sailing to Southampton (by the way...this is where the Titanic launched from). What could possibly go wrong....... It’s noon the next day at sea, Kirsten and I are having a wonderful lunch in the pizza café. The captain comes on the announcement system updating us on our ... read more

March 19 – 25 The First Week It’s Sunday morning or is it Wednesday morning? It doesn’t matter, we lost track of what day it is.... days ago. Our room is comfortable, roomy and we have a balcony. Plenty of room to run around without stepping on each other. Our cabin steward is Edwin. Whenever we open the door, he’s standing right there. I believe we’re his only cabin. We have breakfast on the Lido deck. We stroll around till we find an isolated spot and hide there until other guests start gathering around us and then we move on to our next retreat. They think something is going to happen, so they gather around us. Me... I think Kirsten has such a magnetic personality that they are just drawn to her. Everywhere we turn, we ... read more

I Sunday, 23 and the seas are calming and the skies blue. My back is improved but still concerning. It will either be healed by the time I get home or....... Yesterday, in that time before getting out of bed, I spotted our little stowaway. I had heard about it at dinner a couple of nights ago. It appears the fluffy little wren or sparrow flew on board in England and then was unable to fly home. That morning it was riding on my deck chair. Wish I had something to feed it but the best I could do was put out half an orange. Two days later it was still untouched. Imagining it making a new home in the USA. A note about the rock band playing in the Rolling Stone Rock Room. They are ... read more

I’m writing this final blog from the airplane home somewhere over the Atlantic. I wanted to take the time on this very long flight to reflect on our latest adventure before the reality of normalcy sets in and it all becomes a happy blur. A few statistics about our adventure. Total miles driven in the car: approximately 2200 Total kilometers walked: 185.4 19 breakfasts with eggs; 12 breakfasts with baked beans Number of castles / palaces visited: 14 Roundabouts navigated: approximately 247 Number of sheep viewed: approximately 2 million We’ve been asked by various cabbies and people we’ve met towards the end of our adventure what we enjoyed the most. As Don has said, that’s a very difficult question to answer as we saw so many different things it’s impossible to really compare. How I’ve decided ... read more