In many ways, I feel like this trip kind of snuck up on me. We’d been planning it for months, but it always seemed just out of sight until the moment it was actually here. This trip, our departure in particular, was extraordinarily more stressful than any other trip we’d taken. European culture and customs Read more
I admit it: I’ve been putting off writing this for a little while. There were a few legitimate distractions (Cancun, Phoenix, the blog redesign, work), but I was also dragging my feet a little here for probably the same reasons I still have a suitcase filled with souvenirs sitting and waiting to be unpacked in Read more
I didn’t get a lot of sleep on that last night. I never do on last nights on cruises. It’s not because I want to savor every last moment or delay the inevitable return to normalcy. It’s because…my spidey senses start tingling somewhere between 2:30 and 4:30 in the morning. Almost every time. And by Read more
Despite all intentions to wake up early and have a full last day onboard the Breeze and after a late bedtime, we woke up hours after we intended to. Fully rested, but well into the morning. But the sun was shining bright and we had the rest of the day to enjoy it. We discussed Read more
There’s a bit of a sadness that sets in when you’ve moved past all of your port days. The anticipation and planning and exploration and adventure are done and all that’s left is…packing. Luckily for us, we had one more thing to anticipate: Halloween. If you’ve never been on a Carnival cruise ship on Halloween, Read more
