Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Caribbean Princess, Grenada on Apr 27th, 2011
We arrived in Grenada, the Spice Island of the Caribbean, today at 7am. Stepping out on deck before our arrival, we actually could smell the fragrance of spices perfuming the moist tropical morning air. What a nice welcome! Unlike prior days, this was scheduled to be a brief visit with an all aboard time of […]
Posted in Caribbean Princess, Dominica on Apr 26th, 2011
Like most days, I awoke a good bit earlier than Libby. So, I spent my early morning hours up on deck sipping coffee and organizing pictures from our earlier vacations (which I’m hoping to finally get posted). Once Libby awoke, we went down to the coffee bar for our lattes and then watched our arrival […]
Posted in Caribbean Princess, US Virgin Islands on Apr 25th, 2011
After a short sail from San Juan, we arrived early in St. Thomas to a beautiful day. Here’s a view from our balcony this morning: We started the morning with specialty coffees, which we enjoyed out on our balcony. We then proceeded into town via a short, cheap ($4/pp.) taxi ride. Princess docks well outside […]
Posted in Caribbean Princess, Puerto Rico on Apr 24th, 2011
We awoke to sunny skies in our chilly hotel room. After getting dressed and sorting out our packing, we headed out for a coffee and morning stroll. This morning, we headed down to the pier to see where the ships were so docked. Carnival Victory was docked right the heart of Old San Juan, while […]
Posted in Caribbean Princess on Apr 21st, 2011
Libby and I will be off to the Caribbean in two days! This will be our solo (sans Emerson) trip for the year. Since she’s used to happily hanging out at “Club Gram” anyway, we don’t think our brief absence will be much of a problem for her. Plus, the kid has already been to […]