Stories from sea to shore…
Here you can read posts that detail my cruising history over the years.
Once again the included dining on Celebrity did not disappoint. While Celebrity still has the single main dining room rotating menu concept on their Solstice and Millennium class ships, it works well and the… Read more
I am probably going to sound like a broken record, but this day was again a day for me to mostly work my travel business, but I did go down to the the port… Read more
I got to check an item off my bucket list in Roseau Dominica during this visit. I had never seen a sperm whale in all my world travels and I learned from the Disney… Read more
For this cruise, it was my 4th time to visit Grenada, and as you may know from my other port reviews, I often will utilize port days in ports that I have visited before,… Read more
Castries, St Lucia is another port that I have visited serval times, so again this was a working day for me. During our previous visits we have been to a thermal spa, views of… Read more
Our captain liked to give us the weather forecast each day and if there was rain forecast he would say “40% chance of Rainbows”, “50% chance of rainbows” etc. Barbados did not disappoint. We… Read more
If you have never been to Antigua, you need to take a tour that visits Shirley Heights, Nelson’s Boatyard and one of the 365 beaches on the Island. If you have been there 5… Read more
Each port on this Caribbean cruise had its own COVID restrictions, but with St. Croix being part of the United States we were able to explore on our own as long as we had… Read more
Our stay in Ft. Lauderdale was a familiar one, as we stayed at the Hilton Ft. Lauderdale Marina, which, if you have rooms in the upper towers facing south, offers views of the ships… Read more
Most river ships have similar layout and design of their public spaces, but it is the Panoramic Suites that makes all the difference for guests when they sail the Avalon Suite Ships. Avalon introduced… Read more
I really liked the food on Avalon. Probably the aspect I enjoyed the most was that most meals featured several options that were local cuisine like Goulash in Hungary, Wiener Schnitzel in Vienna, and… Read more
We needed to spend one night in Munich as the only flights that worked for our connections went through London and were early morning flights. We took the ship’s transfer from Austria, to Munich,… Read more