Blogs from Atlantic, Oceans and Seas - page 4

Morning found Carnival Legend at sea. The Sargasso Sea to be exact. That stretch between North America and Bermuda. We played United States Trivia, which we did well at, but did not win. Enjoying our cabin balcony, we watched clumps of sargassum float by, flying fish take to the air and ships pass on the horizon. The evening was Formal Night, or Cruise Elegant as it is now known. Susan and I first took in the evening show, Motor City, and that was enjoyable with its Motown music retrospective. Dinner was Roast Beef. Surprise dining room entertainment appear nightly, with a singing waiter and the entire service staff sometimes oining in. Cruise lines today take two leisurely sea days to reach Bermuda. (In the era of ocean travel, Furness Bermuda Lines ships were intent on getting ... read more

Monday, April 11, 2022 At Sea WOW. Once again, another rough night of rocking and rolling. We are at sea all day today, so we gotta grin and bear it. Interesting, when we look out at the seas, they don’t look too menacing, so I have a feeling it has to do with the way we are traversing over the waves – which is really unsettling. Walking is actually hazardous to one’s health. It’s a “nice” day today, but NOT great, a little chilly. We spent the day playing rummykub – Christopher cleaned my clock. It happens, rarely, but it happens. Tonight, we have our third World Club party. It will be interesting to hear this particular cruises’ statistics. The ship has not stopped rolling from side to side ALL day long. During the party, there ... read more

At Sea Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Yet another sea day – which normally we LOVE….but we JUST came off of 9 days at sea. It would have been MUCH better if it weren’t so bloody cold. I mean 62 Fahrenheit isn’t THAT cool – but add a little wind and BRRRRRR. So, deck with blanket…CHECK. Didn’t last all that long, but we did go on the deck. We lost another hour (should be our last) so we managed to sleep until 10ish (after, actually) – hey…we’ve lost 5 hours in the last week. We managed to get up to Waves with 10 minutes to spare before shutting down breakfast. So I just had some muesli with fresh fruit as did Christopher. Then…with our cherished espresso, Pasteis de Nata!! We each had one, so the pleasure will ... read more

Tuesday – Friday March 25, 2022 We’ve been on board Riviera for a week now, and at sea six of the seven days. In that time a lot has happened, and nothing much has happened! I’ll start with some rather sad news, so I can end on a high. Yesterday during noon announcements, the Captain said there’s a medical emergency on board and we shall have to divert to Funchal ASAP. Can you imaging being in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a medical emergency? NOPE. No thank you. So, we shall dock at Funchal around 9pm, where emergency medical team will be on hand, and depart around 10pm and be under way to Lisbon. I’m certain the passenger did NOT sign up for this. Hope they have travel insurance and are covered by medical ... read more

I'm very happy I have made a lot of accomplishments in 8 yrs before the Coronavirus Pandemic from 2013-2020! I have done this at a very young age because I had always wanted to travel. I was so proud and grateful for all the travel experiences(though I will add more travel blogs from the past 8 years) because you never know what life is going to happen in the future. Because guess what? There's the Coronvirus pandemic.. It's not a matter of earning more than $13 per hour or request time off from work. It's a matter of making travel work and what's right for you in your life. You have to learn what your priorities are and what job would do that. It's not an easy task but it was worth it. The stress of ... read more