SINGAPORE | Sunday, 4 Feb 2018 | Views [641]
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BAHAMAS | Wednesday, 6 Dec 2017 | Views [699]
The second day of the cruise hit the port of Princess Cay, which is on the island of Eluthera in the Bahamas. I was doing an shore excursion which took us to some spots on the island.
After breakfast of many pieces of salmon and whitfish on ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 4 Dec 2017 | Views [867]
Yesterday, I left my house and made the approxiamately 20 minute drive to remote parking to take my graduation cruise.
What is a graduation cruise? On my training to become a travel agent, I had to take courses on all of the major cruise lines, ... Read more >
USA | Monday, 16 Oct 2017 | Views [681]
Last night, I came home from Colombia. I have never been to South America, and going through customs in the US, after only a 3 1/2 hour flight is unusual as, didn't feel overly tired and filthy, as is the norm flying from Europe and Asia, ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 15 Oct 2017 | Views [795]
Yesterday, I woke up nice and early for the Pablo Escobar tour picking me up at the hostel. The tour was supposed to stop by at 8 but ended up picking me up at 8:40. I awoke early-because I always get up early. I didn't have breakfast either, because ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 15 Oct 2017 | Views [762]
Yesterday, I woke up and was out closer to 8:00. Because of the pub crawl the night before I had a problem waking up, so I awoke later. Today I had a barrio transformation tour scheduled for 02:00 pm. The plan before then was to maybe take the cable ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 13 Oct 2017 | Views [735]
e I crashed around 10:30 last night-I awoke really early. I was showered and ready to goat 6:30 am-not that I knew where I was going. All I knew is I had (A) 2:19 walking tour of Medillin scheduled, and (B) a pub crawl later on.
So at that obscenely ... Read more >
USA | Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017 | Views [788]
I sort of would like to take an extended period of time off to travel again. But that isn't in the cards.
The best i can do is mini trips to somewhat exotic places. Now I am going to Medellin, Columbia for 4 days.
Why here? For years, folks have ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017 | Views [769]
Last night I went to bed early, but didn't get much sleep-No matter how long a cruise is-that is what I tend to do. I know the ship docks early in the morning, and I am so afraid of waking up so late that houskeeping will be knocking on my door ordering ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017 | Views [758]
Today is the last day of the cruise, and for a huge change from yesterday, it is a bright sunny day.
This was the island of Elba, and the city of Portoferraio on the island.
I looked at this list of shore excursions from the ship, ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017 | Views [816]
After the magnicient time at the mansion dining and walking around the gardens, the group from the ship largely dispersed. Many took the boat back to Portfofino and spent time there-others went back to the ship. I took a walk around the quaint village ... Read more >
ITALY | Tuesday, 22 Aug 2017 | Views [810]
Today is my birthday, and because I was on the ship-my birthday was recognized. My friend's mom wished me a happy birthday over breakfast, which was the usual breakfast of salmon, eggs, etc.
We we're here in the beautiful port of Portofino, Italy, ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 17 Aug 2017 | Views [679]
For the remainder of the day in Cannes, I took a bus tour around the island, and saw the giant theatre that was part of the Cannes film festival. The bus passed by beautiful homes, apartment buildings, and hotels, which catrered to the rich and ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 14 Aug 2017 | Views [936]
Today the port of call is Cannes. Tonight, after the ship leaves, a barbecue/buffet will be hosted for the guests.
In order to prepare for the barbecue, the chef goes to a market in town to buy fresh cheeses, olives, etc, and ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 7 Aug 2017 | Views [960]
Today the port of call wsa Monaco/Monte Carlo. I was here back in '09 on the Carnival Dream-so this was the one port I visited before.
From what I remember, there wasn't a lot to see in Monaco-and since we we're here until 10:00 pm est, I could see ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 30 Jul 2017 | Views [918]
On the third afternoon of the cruise, I went to a seminar on Windstar given by my friend and the Windstar BDM for about an hour. The presentation was standard promotional fare-on the ships, itinerary, etc. About 20 of us travel agents onboard attended ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Sunday, 16 Jul 2017 | Views [970]
The third day, the ship went to a seaside village, called sanary ser mer. This was a tender port, so we had to take tenders to the shore.
As customary with the ship, since there we're only 200 people, the wait for the tender was only about 15 ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 9 Jul 2017 | Views [1031]
The second day, it was cold and cloudy. After a complete breakfast on the yacht, of course eating smoked salmon, an omelet, and a lot of other stuff, I got off the ship-I was unoficially supposed to meet some of the others from the cruise and walk around ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 4 Jun 2017 | Views [1030]
The first day, in Barcelona, the instructions we're to board at 1:00 pm, or so I thought. I took the metro to the station nearby, and hailed a cab, and rushed here. I thought I would be late. As it appears, I boarded at 1:00 pm-and was the ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 1 May 2017 | Views [1292]
I am writing this in London Gatwick airport-which brings back a lot of memories. You see, I am going on a Windstar cruise from Barcelona, and I decided to fly in a few days early. The least expensive way to fly to the cruise was using ... Read more >
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