Monthly Archives: March 2022

Last Day Cruise Blues

It is not that I really mind that this wonderful cruise is coming to an end. It is just that getting through this particular day can be a pain. The seas are rough, I need to pack, and trying to … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

No transfer

Late yesterday afternoon, a very apologetic young woman from Shore Excursions called to explain that I didn’t have a transfer to the airport in Lisbon, even though one had been booked.; Obviously, I was confused. I had booked the transfer … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Lanzarote

We docked today at a reasonable time. Even more important, we docked at the pier closest to the city which put the ship on the walkable side of the port.  It was the other side last November when we port … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Shower Laundry

There are always choices to be made when packing for a cruise (or any vacation for that matter). You can bring enough clothes along for the entire time. This is not an unreasonable choice if, perhaps, you are going to … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Dark and Stormy night

and our brief flirtation with lovely weather has disappeared. Yesterday, during most of the day the weather was bright, breezy and cork-in-a-shaken bottle. There was a short time when it was reasonably fine to be out on deck. The rest … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | 1 Comment

Taking the opportunity

Since it seems to be working today – to upload a couple of photos! First – the Yacht Club Lounge sort of as overall – and the usual location where I hang out. Early in the morning (obviously) for both … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

If I could

I might well consider the cruise line’s offer. If I didn’t have other things that I would rather be doing. And if the ship was going somewhere I hadn’t been before. And this would comply with a number of additional reminders … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

A more southern route

I usually ignore most “information” meetings on ship. If anything is said that is important – it will show up in my cabin in writing. Otherwise, it is just rumors. I had figured out, from looking at the map charting … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | 1 Comment

Time Zones

It is now Wednesday – and what should be 0600. From an intellectual point of view, no problems. From a physical point of view? Let’s see – three hours change from California to Miami involving the red-eye and an extremely … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Puzzles & Passengers

Practically speaking – I am going to have to upload photos to the server at dinner time middle of the night   as other options just aren’t going to be possible. As I mentioned, this is the same ship with … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising, puzzles | Leave a comment

Lost Luggage

No, not me. Again, not me. I have everything I started out with. So far I have met three people whose luggage didn’t make the ship.   The first is a retired engineering type from Vancouver who was caught in … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | 1 Comment

O.W.L.S.

today’s post is brought to you with a bit of a sense of humor and a recognition that life doesn’t always match the ideal of equality. This is Sea Day 1 on my (what is this now? About my 25th … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | 1 Comment

Sailing Away

Looking out my window last night It doesn’t exactly look like California, now doesn’t it. This particular location is a good drive from the airport, but only about 10 minutes from the cruise port. We saw a couple of moderate … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Coral, seaweed, and shells

Anyone been to SEATAC? If you have in the last X many years you immediately recognize the “fish” swimming along the floor in the terminals. Well, I discovered while wandering around Miami International Airport (MIA…) that it too has  a … Continue reading

Posted in Travel | Leave a comment

And ready to go

First – thank you all so much for the well wishes on the upcoming trip. I have my checked bag ready to go complete with all the last minute things that get stuffed from the sides or the top. You … Continue reading

Posted in Travel | Leave a comment

Packing again

It is Wednesday here on the West Coast of the US. I leave tomorrow night. No, I don’t love red-eyes, but that seems to be the only economical way to get from here to St Maarten.  And, to answer the … Continue reading

Posted in Cruising | Leave a comment

Admin Law

or, Administrative Law if you want to be formal. It is the branch legal whatever which covers all the routine rules and regulations by which most decisions affecting our daily life are made. For example: Immigration judges are administrative judges. … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

daylight savings time

sucks to put it mildly. I really have no clue why this particular one hour shift in clock time puts me so out of whack. It isn’t like I haven’t had to deal with a lot of time zone changes … Continue reading

Posted in Cross-Stitch, Prose | Leave a comment

piling up

Right now, it all seems to be in heaps around me. Ignore the blog spam for a few days? Come back to 867 weird comments. That even exceeds my daily amount of spam accumulated across all of my email addresses. … Continue reading

Posted in Home | Leave a comment

Pisces

There is a cross stitch series designed by Nora Corbet called the Zodiac Girls. Not that you remember, but Aquarius was the first I stitched in the series which made Pisces the obvious second. Rather than skip around on a … Continue reading

Posted in Cross-Stitch, Home | Leave a comment