**In Loving Memory of Slavko Drobnjak , Symphony Food and Beverage Manager** Today, Timmy and I mourn the sudden loss of Slavko, a dedicated and hardworking member of the Crystal family for over 20 years. Starting as a young and enthusiastic team member, Slavko quickly made his mark with an unwavering commitment to excellence, eventually...
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August 14,2024 On board Crystal Symphony We awoke somewhere in the Baltic Sea enroute to Visby, Sweeden. As you might have guessed, we sleep in. How late do we sleep in? Timmy sets the alarm for 9:00 am and we request coffee and pastries for 9:30…one of the joys of slow travel. Here’s what greeted...
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August 11,2024. Stockholm, Sweeden So when we booked this cruise, last December, there were only “classic” Aqua staterooms available. Our travel agent booked us into a “redesigned in 2017” stateroom on deck 9 for the first leg of this back to back and then into a “classic” on deck 10 for this leg. …thus necessitating...
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August 1, 2024 on board Crystal Symphony So our second day in the Netherlands and once again we stayed on board. An absolutely perfick lazy day… Second breakfast in Tastes… Lemon Blueberry Blintzes for me… Scrambled eggs for this guy… We popped down to the Bistro for more caffeine …while Timmy did his puzzles, I...
Continue readingJuly 30, 2024 Dover, UK Aboard Crystal Symphony I woke just after sunrise, laced up and headed out to check out the cliffs and greet Symphony as she entered the harbor. I was beyond happy to follow her progress as she docked…so freaking beautiful 🩵 I took many photos…here’s my favorite Such amazing luck with...
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July, 28, 2024 The less said about our Virgin Atlantic flight, the better. Who wants to revisit unpleasantness? In the interest of full disclosure and to remind ourselves to never book this seating configuration again, I will say the entire experience was less than optimal… …starting with the amenity bag…”crafted” from recycled cardboard....
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July 13,2024 Sonora Resort, Canada Retirement is a gift we gave to ourselves eleven years ago. Being able to travel the world is a gift on top of that gift. When we began traveling, we were obviously younger and pretty relaxed …now we are older and even more relaxed. We do not feel the need...
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July 11,2024 Sonora Resort, British Columbia, Canada I woke at 4:56 am, opened the drapes to take a peak and this is what I saw. This is the view from the opposite side of our cabin. We are pretty high up…like living in a tree house. Clouds in the mountains Now we are looking at...
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July 10,2024 Sonora Resort First view when bedroom drapes opened …we began to pay attention to the shifting tides. Our living room…I can honestly say that we never spent more than a few minutes here…just to pass through I did however, spend many happy hours here on the deck. This is the inside of the...
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July 9, 2024 Vancouver, BC and Sonora Resort. Last look out our stateroom window in Vancouver Our tour guide, Martin was waiting for us as we left the cruise terminal …we’d arranged a four hour tour and then a drop off at the airport. First stop, Stanley Park We’d been to Stanley Park in 2010...
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