Wednesday June 26,2024 We were scheduled to dock in San Francisco at 8:00 am and Captain Vincent estimated that we’d be passing under the Golden Gate bridge at 7:00 am. We set our alarms for 6:50 and immediately upon opening the curtain we spied the bridge, backlit by the sunrise. We scrambled to the veranda...
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Written on November 30, 2023 in
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November 28,2023 Marigot St. Martin Is that alliteration necessary? Please read this post and let me know. When we visited Marigot last week, I bought a few things, and once back onboard Serenity, I immediately regretted not purchasing a specific pair of linen pants. So…upon our return to St. Martin, I took the opportunity to...
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Written on November 24, 2023 in
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November 22,2023 St. Martin, French West Indies We are trying to remember the last time we visited St. Martin. We think it was 2007 or 2008…we rented a one bedroom condo, in January, for one week.…it was a colleague’s time share, on the Dutch side … not a very memorable property…small beach…”Mountain” view. However, it...
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Written on November 18, 2023 in
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November 17,2023 Crystal Serenity One of the first things that Timmy did when we boarded on Monday was to label the light switches. He did this for me on Symphony – several days into that cruise. I guess he tired of me switching every light on in search of the living room ceiling lights. There...
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Written on November 12, 2019 in
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On most Voyages, Crystal offers Wine Pairing dinners and lunches. We’ve enjoyed the dinners and opted to indulge in the Champagne Lunch on this sailing. Head Sommelier Tilmar Pfefferkorn organized and presented our luncheon event. And oh my what a wonderful event it was. Timmy and I arrived about 15...
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After a fun day in Barcelona we fetched our pre-dinner refreshments from the Cove and headed into Waterside for another delightful dinner. Lobster strudelYummy soups Lemon Sole with Pumpkin Ravioli Steak Diane Sour cherry crumble The show Sweet Soul Music was delightful. We we amazed to learn that...
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We slept in on our second day in Monaco. Breakfast in our cabin…it was too cool for the balcony. Overnight Serenity moved into port. No tendering today. A good thing because the waves were significantly greater than they were yesterday. After breakfast I headed to the gym and Timmy was off to the Library to...
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