Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 8th, 2010
We awoke (me early, Libby later) to cloudless skies and a sunny day. I spent some time (literally) listening to them rearrange the deck chairs (our cabin is right below the Lido Pool area.) And, then I was off to my 8am haircut appointment. Our breakfast was delivered to our cabin around 8:45am. As usual, […]
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 7th, 2010
So, I’m having trouble blogging on the ship (specifically, WiFi connectivity problems). I hope to correct it in the morning. If not, I’ll be posting entries from my iPhone only, which is suboptimal at best. Anyway, today we visited the Guggenheim in Venice (very enjoyable), made our way to the new ship (which is both […]
Posted in Albania, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 28th, 2010
I’m writing this aboard a Delta Airline’s flight. This is my final business trip before our vacation next week. I have to say: this vacation has been a long time in coming. It will be our first time back to Europe in about 15 months. That’s probably not long by most standards, but it’s an […]
Posted in Croatia, Holland America, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 21st, 2010
We’re off to Venice in two weeks from today! And then we’ll be on the brand new Nieuw Amsterdam (actually the 4th Nieuw Amsterdam in HAL’s history) for her (semi-)inaugural sailing. I say “semi” because she starts a 10-day cruise three days ahead of us. We’re embarking later on the shorter 7-day sailing in order […]
Posted in Antarctica, Cruise Ship, Virtual Travel on Feb 6th, 2010
Since I’ve been thinking a bit about Antarctica lately, I wanted to get a sense of what it might be like from a big cruise ship. I found this YouTube video and thought it was probably a good representation of what the experience might be like. It sort of reminds me of Alaska (College Fjord; […]