Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas

Today is Memorial Day – at least in the US. Janet had brought along a “patriotic outfit” and saved it to wear today. We saw a couple of other people wearing something patriotic, but most people looked like they do every other day. At 11:00, the captain made an announcement about the meaning of Memorial Day and called for a moment of thoughtful silence. David was out on deck and practically everyone stopped what they were doing and stood silently. After about a minute they played Taps over the loudspeaker system. It was nicely done. But let’ back up a few hours. We had set the alarm for this morning, and today we actually got up. We went to the dining room and had a sit-down breakfast instead of going through the buffet. It was a ... read more

Welcome to the roller-coaster named Caribbean Princess. At least that is how it felt last night. Maybe if we had been Navy people instead of Air Force, then it might have felt better. But through the night the ship accelerated to make up for lost distance and therefore it was very bouncy – if that is a real word. We got up and dressed at 9:30 when the carnival ride was better, and we headed off to breakfast. Janet got 3 cabins down the passageway and then had to turn around and go back to the cabin because there was still too much ship motion. David went on up to breakfast and then brought back some food for Janet for the morning. Our cabin steward came and cleaned the room but otherwise it was an uneventful ... read more

Happy Mother’s Day! This is a special day for all mothers and the ship did a nice job of trying to celebrate. Attached are a few pictures of their efforts. We tried to get up at 7:30, but the previous night had not been smooth, so we were a little sleepy and didn’t get up until 8:30. But we got dressed and had breakfast in the World Marketplace Buffet. We were intending to spend an hour at the Knitter’s Club, but that didn’t happen. There were a couple of special Mother’s Day Brunches around the ship, but we stayed with the usual food to keep from aggravating queasy stomachs. Our only real appointment today was needing to go through Irish Immigration this morning. Two immigration officials joined the ship yesterday and are checking all the passports ... read more

Hello from somewhere in the Atlantic. For some reason, the BLOG has been suspected to be a SPAMMER. It has taken a little while to get that corrected. Hopefully this can get posted soon. Well, we missed it by “that much” – meaning 5 minutes. With the clock having been moved forward we just didn’t get up in time and skipped Breakfast again. Since the clock is changing another hour again tonight, breakfast may be questionable again. But we did have lunch at 11:35 up at the buffet again – on this ship it is called the World Market instead of Horizon Court. If anyone wants to tour around the ship with us, the deck plans should be found at this URL: http://www.princess.com/en-us/ships-and-experience/ships/cb-caribbean-princess We are in cabin D224 (pictures to be included someday). It is on ... read more

We are still in the Atlantic, continuing toward the Azore Islands. We have really been enjoying the restful pace of activities – after we get close to Europe things will happen almost every day and we will not have as many rest periods. We got up even earlier today and had the buffet breakfast. Remembering how Melody really liked the Princess croissants, David had a strawberry croissant. He also had something called a Pizza Muffin, which was pieces of pepperoni and cheese on a small crust. And David got a watermelon smoothie. With some bacon and sausages, and pound cake, that was a filling breakfast. Breakfast finished by 9:00 and Janet was able to go to the Knitters and Knatters meeting in the Crooner’s Bar. This is similar to the Hook and Needle Club at Mason ... read more