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Jun 2018 18

PROLOGUE

Fjording, Norway, Uncategorized | 6 Comments | 2 min read

Anthony Bourdain encouraged us to visit new places, meet new people and try new foods. I did this with Japan earlier this year, loved the place, loved the people, but found the food to be a bit of a challenge. It’s not that I don’t like fish. Freshly caught poached...

Apr 2018 29

Epilogue

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 6 Comments | 2 min read

Well, Brian and I survived the long journey home, and so did our luggage. There it all was on the carousel – usually at least one bag goes astray, but not this time. Good news! On a recent trip to Mexico my bag finally arrived a week later, after the airline denied...

Apr 2018 27

DAY 44

South Africa, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 8 Comments | 4 min read

April 23rd Cape Town The Day they Made us Leave the Ship……. I awoke at 5:00AM to watch us sail in to the harbor. I have sailed into Cape Town many times as a child, but always only woke up when it was time to go ashore. This time I was determined to see Table...

Apr 2018 27

DAY 43

South Africa, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 2 Comments | 3 min read

April 22nd At Sea Packing Day ☹ Well this day comes to everyone eventually, except I suppose if you actually live on the ship full time. Although there are people who have been on board since before Christmas, I don’t think there are any permanent residents like...

Apr 2018 26

DAY 42

South Africa, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 0 Comments | 3 min read

April 21st Port Elizabeth, South Africa Happy Birthday to her Majesty! As we disembarked there was a small group singing and dancing on the quayside. It felt great to be back in South Africa. There was no cruise terminal, and we walked down the quayside to the port...

Apr 2018 22

DAY 41

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 5 Comments | 3 min read

April 20th At Sea There was no other way of looking at it. We had to do laundry again as I was out of clean clothes. With 1200 passengers disembarking in Cape Town I was worried that it would be very crowded in the launderette with everyone trying to get their...

Apr 2018 22

DAY 40

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 4 Comments | 3 min read

April 19th At Sea I waited all day for the invitation to arrive requesting our presence at a hosted table for tomorrow night’s final formal evening of our voyage. The invitation never arrived. It was our last chance. Well maybe it will happen on our next cruise. We...

Apr 2018 20

DAY 39

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 0 Comments | 3 min read

April 18th At Sea We needed a sea day after back to back ports. Although there was quite a heavy swell, it was not too windy on deck, and we spent the day at the Lido pool, swimming, reading, and snoozing in the sun. We decided not to go to any talks or activities,...

Apr 2018 20

DAY 38

Reunion Island, To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 2 Comments | 6 min read

April 17th Reunion VOLCANOES!!!!!! This was they day I had been waiting for. Karen had organized for Stan, Brian and I to do a tour of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion with Evarun Excursions. I am a HUGE volcano fan, so I had been getting more and more...

Apr 2018 19

DAY 37

Maruitius, Mauritius (Port Louis), To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 1 Comment | 5 min read

April 16th Port Louis, Mauritius When I went to get my usual breakfast of toast and Marmite, horrors, there was no Marmite! The waiter told me that he thought they had run out of Marmite, but there was plenty of Vegemite instead. I gave him a look, which I think he...

Apr 2018 17

DAY 36

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 3 Comments | 4 min read

April 15th At Sea It was a dark and stormy day. When I awoke this morning we were finally experiencing some pitching and rolling. Nothing too major, but at least we know we are on the ocean and not on a river cruise. It really had been feeling like the latter so...

Apr 2018 15

DAY 35

To the Orient and Beyond, Travel | 1 Comment | 5 min read

April 14th At Sea I do need sea days to recuperate from shore days. This one turned out to be fairly typical with us spending the morning in the Commodore Club watching us sail through the passing rainsqualls and attending lectures. I had been looking forward to...