Today, probably by the time you read this, the Queen Mary 2 will arrive in Southampton with a special cargo — one bag with a little bit of Flanders, as in Flanders Field. It’s soil that will be used to create a Flanders Field Memorial Garden in England (Flanders is in Belgium). The idea is… Continue reading Queen Mary 2's Moving Bag Of Soil
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From The Eye Of A Hurricane…Help
Our resident expert on all things Mexico is Barbra Bishop of Mexpeditions, a travel agency that specializes in everywhere (and everything) south of the border. The other day she was telling us a story about Cabo San Lucas and last month’s Hurricane Odile (below). The short version is that during the worst of the hurricane,… Continue reading From The Eye Of A Hurricane…Help
Royal Caribbean's Dining Changes
Okay, so we didn’t connect ALL the dots when telling you the “sands appear to be shifting” with dining on Royal Caribbean ships. It was logical to us, while on an Allure of the Seas cruise, that something had to change because there were line-ups to get into My Time Dining and empty tables in… Continue reading Royal Caribbean's Dining Changes
Gardening Green Thumb An Allure Asset
His name is Thomas Brownlee, home is in Arizona (Gilbert, near Phoenix) and when he talks about his life, here is one of the things he says: “I like to cook, so I spend most of my time in the kitchen, and I go out mountain hiking. I don’t like to do what anybody else… Continue reading Gardening Green Thumb An Allure Asset
San Francisco's New Cruise Terminal
As cruise ports go, San Francisco is…well, awkward. Too far north to be a launching point for cruises to the Mexican Riviera. Too far south to be the point of origin for ships heading for Alaska. So it’s in between, a port in the heart of a major city, yet given the same type of… Continue reading San Francisco's New Cruise Terminal