Anniversaries are always reason for reflection, good or bad. It's now 10 years since Katrina. One word. That's often the case with things that are unforgettable — Hiroshima, Elvis, LeBron — because one word is all it takes. Katrina. It was the last week of August 2005. The hurricane that destroyed a city. In the… Continue reading New Orleans: Big Growth Not Easy
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More Breaks For Single Cruisers
Cruise times are changing. They always are. Here’s one of the latest… Cunard announced a refurbishment of the Queen Mary 2, and with it comes news that 15 single staterooms will be added. The rationale from Cunard is that single rooms are necessary because not only are more people cruising solo, but there are… Continue reading More Breaks For Single Cruisers
Cruising…What’s Not To Like?
To state the obvious: We LOVE cruising! Our longest cruise, 19 days, left us wishing we were staying on board a little longer. We’d found a home away from home. We would cruise almost anywhere. So when friends recently asked us what we didn’t like about cruising, we had to stop and think. As you’d… Continue reading Cruising…What’s Not To Like?
What It's Like To Captain A Cruise Ship
All cruise ship captains have stories to tell about life as a captain. Some tell, some don’t. Captain Stefano Ravera of the Star Princess has a few he’s willing to share… About what happened in Papeete, in the South Pacific: “We were supposed to receive the food for the first leg of the world cruise.… Continue reading What It's Like To Captain A Cruise Ship
Cops, Airline Aid Missing Passenger
Sometimes, it’s just nice to be able to tell a nice story. Like the one that appeared this week in The Province, one of Vancouver’s two daily newspapers, about a passenger who went missing from Jewel of the Seas. The 65-year-old woman disembarked in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, in mid-morning earlier this month. When the… Continue reading Cops, Airline Aid Missing Passenger