Except for not changing a golf ball when things are going well, even if the ball’s smiling at me (that means it’s cut), I’m not particularly superstitious. Well, except for playing the same numbers in lotto. Oh, and there is that spilling the salt thing. And I don’t walk under ladders (or up them, either).… Continue reading Ceremonial Coins Come to Carnival
Category: People
Question: Who's Rockin' This Boat?
Just as we were putting the finishing touches to today’s blog, our tech-minded son who has a sense of humor that is…ah, unusual…fired off an email about what can happen on a cruise ship in rough seas. Allegedly. Real or not, it’s too good not to share with you. Start by going boing-boing — that’s… Continue reading Question: Who's Rockin' This Boat?
Education for Those Who Cruise Young
This one gives a whole new meaning to “ship to shore.” Part of a children’s museum in Miami has been re-designed as a cruise ship, to educate kids about the ways of the sea in the hands-on, interactive format that has become the way we live. Our experience in taking kids to museums is that… Continue reading Education for Those Who Cruise Young
Pack up your troubles…and mine!
My name is Nancy and I’m a luggage monster. Since travel’s always been part of our lives, you’d think I’d have the packing part under control. As a newlywed, my excuse for overpacking was…inexperience. I knew I’d get better. Then along came those three little ones. Imagine, three more reasons for luggage overload! Next it… Continue reading Pack up your troubles…and mine!
Queen Elizabeth, a Monarch and a Ship
Could there have been a better script written for the arrival of Cunard’s new ship, the simply-named Queen Elizabeth? The Queen herself will preside over the naming ceremony next month in Southampton, England’s cruising hub. People more knowledgeable than we are believed all along that this was an inevitable match for the “naming ceremony” so… Continue reading Queen Elizabeth, a Monarch and a Ship