Many of our family vacations start with an off-handed mention at a really random moment. A “I wish we were in [insert random tropical island here]” while we’re out to dinner, or a “What about a trip on [insert a cruise line here]” on gchat during the work day. Our first attempt to visit St. Read more
We don’t really do much on sea days. It feels like we do, but we really don’t. We swim (if it’s nice out). We eat breakfast. And lunch. And tea. We peruse the shops and walk around aimlessly. Sometimes we play trivia. We nap. We just…be. Does that make sense? We delight in doing nothing Read more
Being in St. Thomas is like slipping on an old sweater. There’s a comfort in the familiarity of it – the look and the feel and the smell. But what that sweater brings in nostalgia and comfort, it lacks in that excitement of being new. We were already docked in St. Thomas when I woke Read more
Sometimes, the thing you think you want the least turns out to be exactly what you need. In my case? I didn’t want rain. Or overcast skies. But a lazy day in my sweats? That’s exactly what I needed. Four ports in the past five days was quasi-exhausting. And if the sun were out, we’d Read more
We weren’t quite docked in the Dominican Republic yet when we woke up, but the sun was shining in brightly through our balcony window, and it was hot. Our last time in La Romana was on our first cruise – nearly 10 years ago. It was our second port of call on an eastern Caribbean Read more
