November 23,2023 San Juan Turn around day for our second leg of this cruise fell on Thanksgiving day. I suspect the itinerary dates were set by folks in Europe…because I can’t imagine that an American thought it would be a good thing to start and end a cruise on Thanksgiving. Whatever. We walked off the...
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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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November 21,2023 Serenity Road Town, BVI Our snorkeling excursion was canceled…perhaps because of the iffy weather. As it turned out, it sprinkled on and off…with an occasional downpour all day long. No worries! I turned the lemons into a Lemon Drop Martini, and headed to the Spa. The new spa on Serenity is truly beautiful...
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November 20,2023 Serenity. We were having canapés when I realized that I hadn’t taken any photos all day. Not a single one. What the heck? I really should have documented for posterity our first second breakfast in Tastes. I had a perfect cheese omelet, Tim scrambled eggs, then we repaired to the Bistro for puzzles...
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Serenity November 15,2023 We arrived in the port of Cozumel shortly before 8:00 am. and having no plans…that became the plan. We began our day as I always want to…on our balcony with coffee and whatever. Here we have our wonderful cruise director, Raphael Derkson, warming up before a performance of The Crystal Showband &...
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November 14, 2023 Serenity Sea Day I cannot tell you what a joy it is to be back sailing on Serenity…around every corner we discover another crew member and have a happy reunion. I regret that we spent the day eating and reminiscing … instead of taking photos of the crew. Oh well. Tomorrow’s another...
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November 13,2023 We left Sarasota yesterday, driving three hours across the state to Miami, checked into the Marriott Aloft on 36th street. Nice hotel, large room, great location, cool vibe. Enjoyed a super dinner at El Pollo Inka, had a nice sleep. This morning at shortly after 11:00 am we arrived at the Miami cruise...
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September 25,2023 We sailed into the port of Olbia, Sardina to blue skies and some cool ferries. We cancelled our winery tour and stayed on board. I’m sorry to have missed Sardinia, but we’ve realized that we just do not have the stamina for day after day touring…and we do love sea days. We slept...
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September 23,2023 Captain Willheim made the decision not to port in Sorrento due to poor sea conditions, so we headed for an overnight in Naples. As we sailed towards Naples from Catania we were treated to a rain and lightning show. Sadly I was unable to capture the lightning flashes on my phone. We enjoyed...
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September 18, 2023 Our last morning in Venice began with a surprise. As I noted in my previous post, there are pigeons on the property of the hotel…when eating lunch, we were given a water pistol to keep them at bay. All you have to do is lift the colorful pistol, and the bird takes...
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