When we first started cruising, debarkation was this big spectacle. Mom would wake everyone up at 5:30 in the morning because we had to get up! We had to get ready! We had to get going! The room steward needed to get in the room! Everything was urgent and frenetic (…well, to her it was!). Read more
I have this…thing…a connection…a spidey sense — to my cellular service. On the morning of debarkation, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night, reach for my phone, turn it off airplane mode and wait with rapt anticipation to see if the upper left hand corner lights up with bars of service. Cellular service Read more
Every time I visit Paris, I transform into a better version of myself. At least, I feel like I do. I suppose it’s the spirit of the city, or maybe the wonder and excitement that bubbles beneath my skin at the sight of the Tour Eiffel, the Arc de Triomphe or a plate of perfectly Read more
Our vacation didn’t end when we debarked the Norwegian Getaway in Copenhagen – we still had an extended weekend in Paris to celebrate Mom’s birthday before we headed home. We had a handful of options to get from Copenhagen to Paris. There’s the train, but that takes almost 15 hours and at least two transfers, Read more
In thirteen days, we’d visited six very unique countries (seven if you count our overnight adventure at Heathrow!) and as our vacation was coming to an end, I still couldn’t get over all of the places we’d gotten to explore. We had grød in Copenhagen. We crossed through the Brandenburg Gate, across a path in Read more
