Good friends of ours (also travel writers) — Harry and Joan Shattuck — stepped off Holland America's Eurodam and into history last weekend in Fort Lauderdale. Stepping into history is always memorable, if nothing else. The occasion was eight ships — including the mighty Oasis of the Seas — in a port at the… Continue reading Gr-eight Day at Port Everglades
Tag: Oceania Riviera
New Ship 'Breezes' into Miami
The class of ’12 is almost complete. With the arrival of the Carnival Breeze in Miami yesterday, there's only one new ship left to make its debut this year (debut being an operative word, since a ship's arrival is incomplete until it has touched down in North America). Yesterday, the Breeze was as much… Continue reading New Ship 'Breezes' into Miami
Chef's Special a Special Chef
In our first epistle about the Director of Culinary Enrichment for Oceania Cruises, you discovered how a successful business person could walk away and tackle a lifestyle that's fun. Today you'll learn how and why she spends almost her whole life on cruise ships. Chef Kathryn Kelly's connection to Oceania is Jacques Pepin, whose signature… Continue reading Chef's Special a Special Chef
Kathryn Kelly a fascinating study
Having been fortunate to have met some fascinating people on cruise ships, we sometime feel compelled to tell you their story in more than one installment. Such is the case with Kathryn Kelly. To passengers on Oceania ships Marina and the new Riviera, and to people in the parent company, she is simply Chef Kelly.… Continue reading Kathryn Kelly a fascinating study
La Spezia to be Popular Cruise Port
How do people who spend as much time as they can on cruise ships stumble of a new port? Funny you should ask. The port is La Spezia and, as you can probably tell from the sound, it's in Italy. Yes, we did stumble on what we now think is going to be a… Continue reading La Spezia to be Popular Cruise Port