In ten days onboard the Carnival Vista, the worst thing about the Vista was having to leave the Vista. I think we’ve been on, like, 20 cruises by now. This might have been lucky #20. Some are more distinct than others, but they all blend together sometimes. It never gets any easier to leave. I Read more
I’m not a morning person, and I’m really bad at waking up. It doesn’t really matter where I am or what the circumstances are. I’m awful at getting out of bed. But when I woke up, intense, bright sunshine streaming into our room, I couldn’t linger in bed for long. We had a big day Read more
I didn’t think we were going to make it to Turkey this time. We almost didn’t. Our scheduled stop in Izmir was cancelled for safety concerns due to the political climate weeks before we left for Barcelona. We weren’t entirely heartbroken – we had no plans for Turkey, having done an extensive tour of the Read more
Well, it’s been a few weeks, hasn’t it? Time seems to be escaping me lately. It’s like one minute, I was in San Francisco for my birthday and the next, it’s October. It’s October. When did that happen?! It’s been a crazy month, though. I got promoted at work (…again, which makes two promotions in Read more
Visiting Greece always intimidates me a little bit. It’s not like visiting Spain (I speak fluent Spanish), Italy (Italian is close enough to Spanish for me to get by) or even France (which is similar to no language I know, but at least uses the phonetic alphabet). I know three words in Greek: kalimera (good Read more
