Tomorrow is June 1. It's that time again. Hurricane time…and it has nothing to do with sports teams from the University of Miami. It's time for hurricanes to begin. It's time for predictions about how many there will be. It's time to find what names they will carry. And it's time for people who… Continue reading Ships, Hurricanes Strange Bedfellows
Are Cruise Ships the New Fairgrounds?
How times do change! How many years ago was it that we trekked three kids and a busload of friends (well, it felt like a busload) five hours from home to a concert featuring multiple acts, most of whom we'd never heard of…a couple of stars and a large supporting cast. Now you can do… Continue reading Are Cruise Ships the New Fairgrounds?
Cruising the Canal a Road to Knowledge
Within the last week, we've had two sets of friends tell us they're going on a cruise through the Panama Canal this year, and they were looking for a little expertise from us. We've made one trip through the famous Canal…and we're experts! Hardly. We do have the "experience" of going through the little Panama… Continue reading Cruising the Canal a Road to Knowledge
Europe By Land or Europe By Sea?
Here's the question: If you want to see Europe, is it better to on a cruise or go on your own? Having experienced both earlier this month — nine days on a cruise ship, nine days on land — we thought our journey might be helpful to anybody planning or even thinking about going to… Continue reading Europe By Land or Europe By Sea?
Cunard's Queen Mary 'Presidential'
It was touching — for us anyway — to read that the George Bushes crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 this month. Those are the George "41" Bushes, whom we have come to admire…politics aside because cruising, and people like us who write about it, have no interest in examining the West Wings… Continue reading Cunard's Queen Mary 'Presidential'