All of the cruises I’ve taken over the past 13 years…they all blend together. It’s a wonderful blur of memories punctuated by moments I can’t forget. I don’t remember much about my first cruise on the Paradise. Bits and pieces. Tarkay paintings lining Carnival Boulevard. A pink couch that squeaked every time someone sat on Read more
I honestly wasn’t sure I was going to have the opportunity to write this trip journal. In fact, I should probably alternatively title this The Trip That So Very Nearly Almost Wasn’t. Future note to self: hurricanes do, in fact, pop up during hurricane season. Plan travel accordingly. When we came home from the Baltics, Read more
You all have been wonderfully patient with me, as I’ve been kind of teasing this news for almost a year now. ((And it’s been killing me to keep it to myself for this long and not share it with all of you, but I wanted to make sure everything was finalized before I shared — Read more
It started slow and then ended all at once. I feel like I say that a lot, but I feel like it’s true of every cruise we’ve been on: the anticipation, the first few days, it feels like suspended animation. Everything moves so slowly, so deliberately. And then, the wind picks up and moves everything Read more
We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve docked in Grand Turk at this point. I figure the number is 6-8 times, but really, we have no idea. They all blend together in a beautiful puddle of crystal clear water in the most beautiful shade of cerulean blue. I think the reason we’ve lost count Read more
