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Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Halifax, St. Johns, and Bar Harbor
[Editors Note: We get caught up today with Mary Alyce and her Virtual Cruise on the Eurodam with her reports on Hlifax, St. Johns, and Bar Harbor.]
Halifax
A sunny day in Halifax Nova Scotia. We played some basketball for “dam” dollars and then headed out for a walk about in Halifax.
They have a [...]
Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Sydney, Nova Scotia
[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the Holland American ship, ms Eurodam]
We sailed into the Sydney, Nova Scotia harbor at 8am and for the first time there was sun.
After 4 visits of rain and clouds here we were pleasantly surprised to find sunshine.
We had watched the Indiana Jones movie in [...]
Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the ms Eurodam]
We enjoyed the blue mussels of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown.
PEI is the home Lucy Montgomery the author of Anne of Green Gables. You can visit the farm that is the home of Anne and the woods she played in.
It is beautiful [...]
Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Corner Brook, Newfoundland
We braved 60 mile an hour winds to get to the bay of Newfoundland. We could hear the wind whistling but the ship held steady. It is really doing well in Gale force winds. We were late in arriving, as the rain whipped around and the sun shown over the mountains.
The area is beautiful surrounded [...]
Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Ville de Saguenay, Quebec
[Editor's Note: Mary Alyce continues her virtual cruise reporting from the ms Eurodam]
We arrived early this morning to a cloudy and misty La Baie.
The Lido Deck has a great variety of Breakfast choices, waffles, eggs, cereal, fruit and anything your pallete desires. The tables are teak and the chairs are in shades of brown, gold [...]
Virtual Cruise With Mary Alyce: Eurodam Sea Day
It was a windy day at sea but we were able to get a walk in around the deck.
Today, we explored more of the ship. The Explorations Cafe (library & internet) is on the observation deck next to the Crow’s Nest. The color palette is brown and turquoise with hints of cream. The cabins are [...]
Virtual Cruise with Mary Alyce: Eurodam and Quebec City
[Editor's Note: Cruise Talk would like to announce a new contributor here at Cruise Talk Central. Her name is Mary Alyce. She and her husband are avid cruisers taking many cruises a year. She and her husband are veteran cruisers having sailed well over 30 times. She loves to write daily logs [...]
Free Things to Do In Venice
I can’t believe that in March of next year it will be the 20th anniversary of my college trip to Venice, Italy. In honor of that trip, I am continuing my series on free or nearly free things to do in ports with a report on Venice. I traveled there with my [...]
Mixed Reactions To Fuel Surcharges From Our Cruise Talk Readers Poll
The results are in from our Fuel Surcharge Survey with 75 responses (poll is still open so number may go up):
If you combine the results from the two similar answers, “Good Idea” and “Good Idea and will go away”, You’ll see that a full 40% of our readers are at least tolerant [...]
Celebrity Solstice Goes Green in More Ways Than One
Celebrity will debut its latest ship the Solstice in late November of 2008. In addition to its many typical cruise ship features like specialty dining and evening venues, the ship will have to innovative “green” features.
Months ago Celebrity announced that the ship will feature a top deck covered with living [...]
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