by Safarigal | Jul 4, 2025 | Across the Atlantic and Down the Danube
July 3rd, 2025 At Sea We were awakened by the foghorn in the early hours of the morning. Being near the front of the ship is a bit of a mixed blessing. Yes, we do hear the foghorn, but I actually quite like its mournful sound. When we got up, we were still in dense...
by Safarigal | Jul 3, 2025 | Across the Atlantic and Down the Danube
July 2nd 2025 Newport, RI Newport is a tender port, and you needed tickets to get onto the tenders, so we decided to spend the morning in the Commodore Club and only go ashore once the crowds had dissipated. It is so easy to go up one flight of stairs to the Commodore...
by Safarigal | Jul 2, 2025 | Across the Atlantic and Down the Danube
New York July 1st, 2025 Today’s the day! We arrived at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at 1:30, we were directed straight to security, we filled out Canadian customs forms, had our photos taken again, and in no time we were on the escalator and on our way to the...
by Safarigal | Jul 1, 2025 | Across the Atlantic and Down the Danube
June 30th, 2025 Seattle to New York So here I am – flying to New York to join Mary in Brooklyn tomorrow. How totally cool is that! We had experienced such a magical 90 days on the Seabourn Sojourn. Caviar and champagne on demand. Exciting new ports. Two safaris. A...
by Safarigal | Jun 30, 2025 | Across the Atlantic and Down the Danube
Over the decades we have been on countless family vacations and enjoyed numerous family celebrations. We have been together with children, parents, grandparents, siblings, nieces and nephews, great nieces, grandchildren, but there was one family vacation we were yet...
