Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas - page 13

The last day out was a sea day as Carnival Sunshine sailed from Grand Turk back to Florida. There was time to play trivia and to read. We were sailing off the Abacos, on the eastward side of the Bahamas this time, at the edge of the Sargasso Sea. The sea was full of clumps of sargasso, or seaweed, and tiny flying fish abounded. In midday, there was an ice carving demonstration on the Lido deck. It's always enjoyable to watch as the ice sculptor creates a sculpture out of a block of ice. In the evening, Susan and I had dinner at the Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse, the extra charge restaurant on Carnival Sunshine. A nice conclusion to another great cruise.... read more

Geo: 17.0817, -61.8077I think we have been here before but my memory fails me. I don't remember it. We arrived about 8 and docked right in the city of St. John's, the capital. It wasn't long until we were tied off and received Clearance to come ashore. Sure nothing like we experienced in South America.We got off and waited what seemed like forever before we were taken to our bus for our tour. Dennis was or driver and guide. 78 years old and born and raised on the island. Very narrow streets and small busses. We travel along the center road to the other side of the island to Shirley Heights. Beautiful views of the Caribbean Sea. We then traveled around and through parts of town to Nelson Dockyard. Very nice well kept up British Naval ... read more

Hello from the good ship Crown Princess. Today we reached, and crossed, the equator. In nautical parlance this is called “crossing the line”. In keeping with our previous practice of giving you references where we are north and south, we are a far from the North Pole as from the South Pole. We got up about 8:00 and discovered we had actually crossed the equator around 4:00 in the morning, but there was to be a ceremony scheduled for 11:00 when it was more convenient for everyone. But we got dressed and went to the Horizon Court for breakfast. Tomorrow we are planning to use the dining room, but that’s a story for another day. After breakfast, Janet went to the Needlework Lounge and worked on her newest project with her friends. There weren’t very many ... read more

We are still in the Atlantic Ocean, continuing northeast toward Rio de Janeiro. We had another restful day with mostly sunny weather and nice sea-cooled temperatures in the mid 80s. We are well past the cold rough seas from earlier in the trip and since leaving the Falklands this has been much more enjoyable weather (even sometime on the hot side). A quick synopsis of today is a very nice day. We went to the dining room this morning and had a sit-down breakfast. Janet was able to get Eggs Benedict and David had a nice Omelet. We were seated with a pair of crazy couples. One pretty old gentleman couldn’t seem to remember what he’d ordered and was nearly deaf, so each time the waiter asked if he wanted anything else, he kept ordering more ... read more

Welcome aboard for a nice quite day of sailing. We have been moving constantly northeast since leaving port yesterday and the seas have been nice and smooth all day. The temperature was supposed to reach the high 80s but we had overcast skies all morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon. It probably didn’t get much above 80 all day. Around lunch time, the clouds were so low and thick that the ship had to sound its foghorn for about half an hour. Like at home, everyone periodically needs to do their laundry and today was our laundry day. This wouldn’t be noteworthy except that it’s a good thing we did because they are working on the water system and will not permit any laundry during the next 4 days. Fortunately we are fully outfitted with ... read more