Something that comes with going on cruises of any kind is education. It could be from meeting people of different races, it could be from experiencing geography never before seen, or it could just be a history lesson. Take the Danube River. You don’t have to take a river cruise on the Danube to find… Continue reading Education on Cruise…Menu
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Princess Contest for Shutterbugs
Princess is having a photo contest for passengers, and that means the pressure is on in our household. On her, not me. Because my little shutterbug has 18,772 photos on her laptop (as of late yesterday), a huge percentage of them from cruises, and I just know somewhere in there is a winner. When she… Continue reading Princess Contest for Shutterbugs
NCL Calling its Kids…er, Youth
As we keep reminding our kids, because nobody else will, we were really ahead of our time as cruising parents. It was a couple of decades ago (exact year not disclosed, to protect revealing exact ages and getting us in exact trouble) and we decided on a family cruise, down the Mexican Riviera. Our sons… Continue reading NCL Calling its Kids…er, Youth
Cruising: A Chance to Escape
On Friday we happened to see our family physician, who has since left with his wife on a Caribbean cruise. Naturally, we were all ears. This week they’re en route to Honduras, Grand Cayman and Mexico, from Fort Lauderdale, and since we’d been in all these places during the past six months we shared some… Continue reading Cruising: A Chance to Escape
Simple Man Cruise Not Simple?
Let’s clarify one thing about this blog before we begin: It is not about age discrimination. As cruise lines search for entertainment lightning rods to attract passengers to ships, they are reaching further into the…uh, age bag. They are recruiting entertainers of our age, and older. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. However, it… Continue reading Simple Man Cruise Not Simple?