The tone of our sea days is set before we even step foot out of bed. We have this unspoken thing– the first person up always looks out the window. If it’s sunny, they wake up the next person. We stagger our wake ups so that we don’t argue over who gets to use the Read more
After three days of touring Italy, of gelato, espresso, long bus rides, beautiful boat rides and so much shopping, a sea day was everything we couldn’t admit we needed. I like to think that I can power through anything – that I recognize my own limits and if push came to shove, I’d know when 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
We have sea day routines down pat when we’re sailing through warm waters. Most of our days look the same, and we’re okay with that. But even though our Norwegian Getaway was leaving a warm port was sailing towards another warm port, the waters in between were downright frigid, vacillating between the upper 40s and Read more
The last day of any trip is the worst, isn’t it? Even when you’re ready to go home (and how often does THAT happen?), the last day always means packing. And when the sun is shining and a beautiful day beckons you out, how can you say no? In typical fashion, I put off packing Read more
