I have this…thing…a connection…a spidey sense — to my cellular service. On the morning of debarkation, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night, reach for my phone, turn it off airplane mode and wait with rapt anticipation to see if the upper left hand corner lights up with bars of service. Cellular service Read more
Up to this point, I had never been on a cruise as short as this four day Havana cruise. And while I’m sure I’ve been on cruises that only had one sea day, we also usually repurpose a port day for an island we’ve visited numerous times before as a sea day (I’m looking at Read more
Day two in Havana began with a little more urgency and a little less structure than our first day had. Our itinerary had the ship overnighting in Havana, which meant we were still in our destination when we woke up, but we had a back onboard time of 11:00 am, which meant that anything we Read more
Back last spring, when we were about to visit Russia, I was absolutely terrified. I wasn’t sure how anything could possibly prepare me to travel to a place unlike anywhere I’d ever been before. I had the same sense of anxiety tinged excitement for Havana. None of my friends had been to Havana. Most people 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
