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
After the late night fun ringing in the new year and with the two and a half sea days ahead of us on our way to Aruba, we didn’t exactly rush out of bed when the alarm went off. In fact, Stephanie hit snooze for a solid 45 minutes. So we were up later for 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
On our ten day Carnival Vista itinerary, eight of those days were port days (and one was embarkation day), which meant on this brand new ship with all kinds of new features and new things to explore, we only had one sea day to do it all in. We’re pretty adept at packing our days Read more
