Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Aruba, Bonaire, Caribbean Princess, Dominica, Grenada, US Virgin Islands on Apr 30th, 2011
Since today’s a day at sea with little to report, I wrote up our cruise review (assuming nothing radically changes in the next 12 +/- hours). Usual warning: this assessment is more-or-less subjective and based on our experiences. Your mileage may vary. Ship Overall, we weren’t wowed by the look and feel of the Caribbean […]
Posted in Aruba, Caribbean Princess on Apr 29th, 2011
This morning, Libby awoke early (closer to my wake-up time) in order to watch the Royal Wedding live on television. Being an Anglophile and interested in the Royal Family, this was a big event for her. I went out for the morning coffee and breakfast, which I brought back to the cabin. When all was […]
Posted in Bonaire, Caribbean Princess on Apr 28th, 2011
Since today has a later arrival in port (noon), we opted to have an early breakfast in the main dining room. Overall, the food was fine but unremarkable. I did have my first “bad” dish on Princess: my ham and cheese omelette was, well, basically inedible — I’m not sure if it was over-cooked or […]
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 […]