In thirteen days, we’d visited six very unique countries (seven if you count our overnight adventure at Heathrow!) and as our vacation was coming to an end, I still couldn’t get over all of the places we’d gotten to explore. We had grød in Copenhagen. We crossed through the Brandenburg Gate, across a path in Read more
In ten days onboard the Carnival Vista, the worst thing about the Vista was having to leave the Vista. I think we’ve been on, like, 20 cruises by now. This might have been lucky #20. Some are more distinct than others, but they all blend together sometimes. It never gets any easier to leave. I Read more
I have this…sense…when we pull back into domestic waters on debarkation morning and my cellular service is restored. Something that wakes me up and tells me I’m reconnected to the world. But connection is a bittersweet pill to swallow. After 8 days with Mom and Stephanie, I was ready to reconnect to my world. With Read more
I didn’t get a lot of sleep on that last night. I never do on last nights on cruises. It’s not because I want to savor every last moment or delay the inevitable return to normalcy. It’s because…my spidey senses start tingling somewhere between 2:30 and 4:30 in the morning. Almost every time. And by Read more
Hot. Bright. Muggy. Sunny. Ending. We were already docked in Old San Juan when I woke up. My cellular-services-are-available sense failed me. So did that liter and a half of water I drank the night before. The sun streamed into our cabin, blinding our eyes and waking us to the harsh reminder that we had Read more
