Okay, so I’m about to date myself. Strange expression that…dating yourself. Does it mean taking yourself to a movie? Can you have two popcorns? Does that mean you not only have the questions, but the answers? And how do you say goodnight? Never mind. In my youth, just a few decades ago, I was an… Continue reading In Pursuit of the Byrds-Man
Tag: Cunard
Queen Mary's 'Sentimental Journey'
Soon after disembarking from two weeks on the high seas, we encountered a friend who asked where we’d been. When we told him we’d crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he said he had, too…more than 60 years ago. We were going to compare notes — our crossing was on the Celebrity Eclipse, his was on Aquitania,… Continue reading Queen Mary's 'Sentimental Journey'
Stop the presses, stop the presses…
Five news bulletins from the cruise world… Charlie Sheen is offering to take all those who applied for a job as his intern on a one-week Royal Caribbean cruise as long as they are under the age of 30, wear bikinis well and are open-minded about open relationships. Moammar Gadhafi has dipped into his loose… Continue reading Stop the presses, stop the presses…
Cruising Notes on the Boats
The Right Price………………………………………………………….$329 Ship: Carnival Fantasy, Eastern Caribbean, 6 nights Departure: December 3, 2011, from Charleston, SC Ports: Nassau, Freeport, Key West Contact: Carnival Cruise * * * Have you ever wondered why ships don’t spend more time in ports, as in overnight?…We always assumed it was an economic issue, that port taxes for doing… Continue reading Cruising Notes on the Boats
When Can a Cruise be Too Long?
A good friend of ours left home this week, to embark on his longest of seven cruises — 38 days. He was flying to Hong Kong, to board the Queen Mary 2 bound for Southampton and, eventually, New York. He has been on four Cunard cruises before, and has only one concern about this one… Continue reading When Can a Cruise be Too Long?