Category Archives: Cruising

Sailing in to Miami

Posted on 2024-12-15 by Holly

Not surprisinly, I was awake and out and about at 0400 to watch the ship sail into the Port of Miami.     We took the ship’s tranport to Miami airport, then the Embassy Suites shuttle to the hotel where … Continue reading →

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The Last Sea Day

Posted on 2024-12-14 by Holly

As per usual – this was organizing and packing day, typical for the last day of a cruise. Well, at least on the larger ships which require you to place bags out for pick up NLT 2200 the night before … Continue reading →

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Fifth in a Row

Posted on 2024-12-13 by Holly

And by now I am sure that you more than have the idea. I am writing this while using Miriam’s wifi account since I still haven’t been able to access my “free minutes” on this ship. If I have any … Continue reading →

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Fourth in a Row

Posted on 2024-12-12 by Holly

And ….. the majority of the day spent stitching and relaxing.  This is a sea day in case you hadn’t guessed. We ended the day by using my second specialty restaurant meal voucher at Cagney’s which is the steakhouse on … Continue reading →

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Third in a row

Posted on 2024-12-11 by Holly

I can’t imagine, or maybe I can, what this ship would feel like at capacity. I think I mentioned that it is at about 70%. Mornings are fine, there is enough room in most of the lounges for people to … Continue reading →

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Two in a row

Posted on 2024-12-10 by Holly

This is the second day of all the remaining sea days. There will be six as a matter of fact. On the seventh day we …. dock. So no rest for those who chose Sunday as that day. So anyway. … Continue reading →

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All the sea days

Posted on 2024-12-09 by Holly

We are at the start of our series of sea days which will continue until we reach port in Miami on the 15th. [The beatings will continue until morale improves?] Obviously there are a serious number of people on ship … Continue reading →

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NCL Encore – Ponta Delgada

Posted on 2024-12-08 by Holly

In case some of the information isn’t just hanging out there at the top of your mind – this is the Azores and part of Portugal. And, it is Sunday so most everything isn’t open. A few stores along with … Continue reading →

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NCL Encore – Another Sea Day

Posted on 2024-12-07 by Holly

I won’t bother to get in a long discussion about all the time zone changes. (Started on UK, changed to Spain, changed to Portugal,, changed to the Azores tonight). I am still waking up incredibly early which means I can … Continue reading →

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Lisbon. Portugal

Posted on 2024-12-06 by Holly

This is the real 6 Dec. For whatever reason I grabbed the wrong draft email, cut, pasted and happily sent it out. Then realized that it was the wrong date. Argh Miriam went out and about. I stayed on the … Continue reading →

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Vigo Spain – Glides and Forts

Posted on 2024-12-05 by Holly

Is a fascinating Spanish port city. Located along a western inlet it was just a short sail up the inlet. I haven’t been here before, but it is one of those close launching points for those planning hiking Jakob’s Web … Continue reading →

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NCL Encore TA – Day 2

Posted on 2024-12-04 by Holly

Doing this from my phone, so short & sweet. I will add pix in the future but not dealing with that right now. This turned out to be a lovely sea day. I chatted with a number of lovely people, … Continue reading →

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NCL Encore – TA

Posted on 2024-12-03 by Holly

The ship we are taking (Miriam, our youngest & I) is the NCL Encore. It is coming out of dry dock and apparently there will still be  construction to be completed on the TA.  Personally, as long as the upper … Continue reading →

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And again

Posted on 2024-09-26 by Holly

At least today I think everyone was expecting that we would not be making Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, NS, Canada …. With seas of not quite two meters I can understand why. It doesn’t sound like much until you are … Continue reading →

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Gaspé

Posted on 2024-09-24 by Holly

The seas were reasonably calm, but we actually docked today! Being a couple of klicks out of town, transportation was via School Bus. Yes, those orange “Blue Birds” that many of us US types (and it looks like Canadians as … Continue reading →

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Sailing back toward the sea

Posted on 2024-09-23 by Holly

Today was a planned sea day. For me, that means hanging out in the Deck 8 lounge, stitching, audio books, and drinking probably  more coffee than is good for me.  We have two smaller tender ports up next, then on … Continue reading →

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Montreal

Posted on 2024-09-20 by Holly

There were some really nice fellow passengers disembarking today.  They were  replaced by way too many boarding. The only thing we really needed to do was have a photo id along with our ship’s card to be able to get … Continue reading →

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Quebec City 1

Posted on 2024-09-19 by Holly

So labeled because we will be spending an overnight in Quebec City on our way back out the St Lawrence on our way to Boston.  Looking back, the first time I was in Quebec City was in Sept 2012 on … Continue reading →

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Counting down

Posted on 2024-09-18 by Holly

to the end of this leg. With any luck, this is the last sea day of this part of of the cruise. To tell you the truth, I spent a goodly portion of the day just napping. Tomorrow we are … Continue reading →

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Havre Saint-Pierre

Posted on 2024-09-17 by Holly

which is obviously in Quebec. Arriving reasonably early in the morning, George and I headed for the tender about 1000 figuring to let the crowds get ahead of us as well as those going on some kind of tour. Looking … Continue reading →

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