Monthly Archives: April 2018

Our voyage across the Atlantic ended with some sweet memories.  We made a few friends during the past two weeks that we felt like we knew for years.  So farewells were bittersweet but we all hoped we’d meet again on another voyage.  It was a foggy morning and from our side of the ship weContinue reading “Dragons and Mermaids”

I love tulips.  They are happy flowers facing up at the sun smiling.  They are bright, cheerful and colorful.  But until I went to Keukenhof Gardens, I didn’t know  how many variations of tulips there are. At Keukenhof there are 8 million tulip bulbs planted by hand each year on 70 landscaped acres. The parkContinue reading “Tip Toe Through The Tulips”

It was a cold morning for our trip to Bruges but I was dressed warm in my sheep fur lined jacket and gloves. For a moment I thought we might have been in Disney World.  The bustling crowds, the quaint village so pristine it almost seemed unreal, and shops hawking their wares everywhere. From whatContinue reading “A Walk Back In Time”

D-Day – June 6, 1944 is a day of remembrance, especially on the northern coast of France. We arrived in Cherbourg, France today and had arranged a ship tour to Some of the WWII Sites.  From the tour bus we could see a fort out on the water. The countryside was lovely with centuries oldContinue reading “A Day in History”

Last night we fell asleep, a restless sleep in anticipation of arriving in Ponta Delgada. The Azores as Americans say it or how they say it in Portuguese, Acores with a little s in the c.  From our balcony we gazed upon luxury yachts surrounded by a quaint city with mountains, whose peaks were hiddenContinue reading “The Magical Land of the Azores”

Six days of seafull bliss.  Nothing to do but to relax, unwind, and indulge.  We have had really beautiful weather; weather I don’t think most were prepared for.  The chaise lounges are readily available at all times of day.   The Regal Princess also has the adults only Sanctuary, hardly necessary on this Transatlantic tripContinue reading “Oh How I Love These Sea Days”