Travel

Itinerary

Date Port Thursday, January 5 London (Southampton), England Friday, January 6 At Sea Saturday, January 7 At Sea Sunday, January 8 At Sea Monday, January 9 At Sea Tuesday, January 10 At Sea Wednesday, January 11 At Sea Thursday, January 12...

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The Implementation

So it is now 2 days before we fly to London. I am getting quite anxious that there is something major we have forgotten to do. However, this is the boring, but practical part: We have found a very nice man who will stop by and check on the house...

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The Preparation

  It started as a very normal 30 day cruise. No worries there – we felt we could ask our very wonderful neighbors to pick up our mail, and clear our driveway from the inevitable snow. Now it’s going to be 91 days; that changes everything. I...

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The Inspiration

 A long time ago in a land far away In 1962 my parents took the year off from work so we could travel around the world. This was not a world cruise but a series of adventures on planes, trains, automobiles, busses, cable cars, and boats. After...

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Prologue

  With enough effort you can justify anything. When retirement was looking like a possibility, and not just something to dream about in the distant future, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. We would go on a world cruise on Queen Mary 2....

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