Gustavia, St. Barth (Saint Barthelemy) Day 4, Tuesday, December 1, 2015 St. Barthelemy is a tiny French island in the Caribbean. All prices are in Euros and the language is French. Here we are on the tender ride from the Celebrity Constellation: We strode along the main street lined with shops, which are mostly expensive … Read more
Celebrity Constellation: The Food, Part 2 Eating while someone else cooks and does the dishes is the best part of a cruise. We are continuing with Day 3, when we dined at the Ocean Liners specialty restaurant, courtesy of our travel agent (Adam Wolf at The Cruise Web). The three of us (I traveled with … Read more
Celebrity Constellation: The Food, Part 1 The coffee on this cruise was the best I’ve ever had on a ship. It was hot and strong with flavor and body. Since I’m a Starbucks fan, this is how I like it. The initial creamer cups they put out were skimpy little things that were hard to … Read more
Celebrity Constellation 9 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise Although the Celebrity Constellation is a smaller ship than most of our recent cruises, we enjoyed our experience very much. Everything was super clean and well maintained. Our ocean view cabin seemed smaller than most, with a bed, nightstand, desk, and loveseat taking up the space. However, … Read more
Day 1, Saturday, on the Celebrity Constellation There’s nothing like the exhilaration you feel when sailing away from land and knowing you are escaping reality for a week or more. We set sail from Fort Lauderdale for a ten day cruise on the Celebrity Constellation. Here is my shaky video of the sail-away: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w59F9y5T97s] … Read more
Royal Princess Ship Review Dec. 8 – 15, 2013 Itinerary: Princess Cays, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten The Pros We thought the entertainment and music on this ship were excellent. You could go from one show to another each evening, and the lounges held different music groups nightly. I would like more concert level performers. … Read more
FRW Cruise Conference Liberty of the Seas Feb. 24-28, 2013 Click Here to See Photo Album Day 1, Thursday Ninety registered guests attended the Florida Romance Writers Cruise with your Muse conference aboard the RCCL ship Liberty of the Seas. We boarded easily, getting right onto the ship after parking and checking our luggage at … Read more
Basseterre, St. Kitts Nov. 9, 2012, Vision of the Seas We took tour KT67 Fairview Great House and Beach. First we drove in an air-conditioned bus through the historic streets of Basseterre. Lower levels of structures here are built with volcanic rock to guard against fires, which destroyed much of the town in the past. … Read more
St. John’s, Antigua Nov. 8, 2012, Vision of the Seas We took the ship’s tour AN48 Antiguan Experience. Antigua is a dry island compared to Dominica, where it actually rained in the rainforest and the shrubbery is lush with tropical foliage. Here cactus grows and the hills are lower although they still offer scenic views. … Read more
Roseau, Dominica Nov. 7, 2012, Vision of the Seas We did the Royal Caribbean ship’s excursion RO32 called Cooking Caribbean, Rum, and Nature. An air-conditioned van drove us through a poor section of town with ramshackle buildings to a mountain road. We drove up a steep, winding incline. It was a bumpy ride where we … Read more