When we were planning this trip, the most exciting thing for me wasn’t the ports we’d be visiting or the things we’d see or all the things we could buy. ((But, real talk, those things were exciting. The excitement over the places we’d go, the things we’d buy and getting to share my love of Read more
The light off of the Passeig de Gracía filtered into the master bedroom of our hotel room through the gauzy curtains. Loud whoops echoed up from the street below of bar patrons crawling home from their bunny bar hops. It was 3:30 in the morning, and I couldn’t sleep. As much as I tried to Read more
We were up bright and early for our first full day in Barcelona, and the wind was absolutely howling outside our balcony window. I guess we brought some of the Windy City with us when we flew in. Sorry, Spain. One of these days, we’ll take a vacation where we, you know, treat it like Read more
These trip journals usually start the same way. Work was busy, the trip just snuck up on me. Not with this one. Not this time. The time leading up to this trip passed by in slow, languid motion, each day that dragged on bringing us one step closer to our first steps onto the Carnival Read more
Another cruise. We were on another cruise. It felt like I never left the last cruise, but here we were again. Do any of you feel that way on embarkation day? That familiar sense of déjà vu, that no matter how much (or how little) time has passed, it feels like you’ve never left? For Read more
