Another cruise. We were on another cruise. It felt like I never left the last cruise, but here we were again. Do any of you feel that way on embarkation day? That familiar sense of déjà vu, that no matter how much (or how little) time has passed, it feels like you’ve never left? For Read more
All of the cruises I’ve taken over the past 13 years…they all blend together. It’s a wonderful blur of memories punctuated by moments I can’t forget. I don’t remember much about my first cruise on the Paradise. Bits and pieces. Tarkay paintings lining Carnival Boulevard. A pink couch that squeaked every time someone sat on Read more
I honestly wasn’t sure I was going to have the opportunity to write this trip journal. In fact, I should probably alternatively title this The Trip That So Very Nearly Almost Wasn’t. Future note to self: hurricanes do, in fact, pop up during hurricane season. Plan travel accordingly. When we came home from the Baltics, Read more
It’s kind of hard to believe that it took us 13 years of cruising and 20+ cruises to book our first Norwegian cruise. I’m not entirely sure why it took so long – everything about the concept of freestyle cruising appeals to us and Norwegian builds some pretty awesome ships. But we didn’t book this Read more
Before we arrived in Copenhagen, I wasn’t sure how we’d fill the three days before our visit. We didn’t know much about Copenhagen beforehand, and Denmark, while a beautiful, culturally rich country, isn’t at the forefront of European history. But when I woke up on our final full day in Copenhagen, I couldn’t imagine spending Read more
