{"id":26013,"date":"2015-11-06T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=26013"},"modified":"2015-11-06T01:00:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T09:00:42","slug":"friday-file-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26013","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Cruising And Works Of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever your cruise ship takes you, one thing you can be certain of is that you will encounter local artwork. It may be a statue, or a mural, or a sandcastle or something that you&rsquo;re not quite sure what it is, but it will always be interesting. In years of cruising, we&rsquo;ve admired (okay, at least looked at) a variety of such works of art&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Puerto-Rico.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Puerto Rico\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26065\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Puerto-Rico.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><b><i>On this street in San Juan, Puerto Rico&#8230;a powerful message open to interpretation.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Alaska-museum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alaska museum\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26061\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Alaska-museum.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>If you can&#39;t find the real thing in Alaska, and often you can&#39;t, there&#39;s always a museum version.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Arica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arica\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26062\" height=\"867\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Arica.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The pretty town of Arica in northern Chile always has to make its statues earthquake-proof.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Valencia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valencia\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26066\" height=\"867\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Valencia.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>In Valencia, Spain, a colorful expression of nations sends travelers looking for their &#39;home&#39; statue.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Murals-Pier-39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Murals-Pier 39\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26064\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Murals-Pier-39.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>If you&#39;ve ever departed from or arrived in San Francisco, you know all about this part of Fisherman&#39;s Wharf.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Bermuda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bermuda\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26063\" height=\"867\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Bermuda.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Bermuda has no shortage of works like this, which add to the charm of a charming island.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>In the news&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&bull; Tampa port recognized by NOAA as &quot;storm ready&quot; for extreme weather<br \/>\n\t&bull; Huge Princess sale offers $300 savings on cruise plus&nbsp;$300 on airfare<br \/>\n\t&bull; MSC Lirica last of four ships to be &#39;stretched&#39; to add 800 cabins<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Today at&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">: Suite news for Holland America fans<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=SS&amp;shipCode=MJ&amp;br=R\">Royal Caribbean Majesty of the Seas<\/a><br \/>\n\t3 nights<br \/>\n\tDecember 11, 2015<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/\">Miami<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ports\/group\/home.do?portCode=CCA\">CocoCay<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nassauparadiseisland.com\/\">Nassau<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $169<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\"><strong>Cost per day: $56<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\">www.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever your cruise ship takes you, one thing you can be certain of is that you will encounter local artwork. It may be a statue, or a mural, or a sandcastle or something that you&rsquo;re not quite sure what it is, but it will always be interesting. In years of cruising, we&rsquo;ve admired (okay, at&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26013\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday File: Cruising And Works Of Art<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,1893],"tags":[45,2127,267,137,371,912,72,819,1888,51,35,774,26,27,33,256,76,919],"class_list":["post-26013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","tag-alaska","tag-artwork","tag-bermuda","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-chile","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-photos","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruises","tag-majesty-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-juan","tag-valencia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}