Back in the day, I used to be really good about associating a trip report to the correct date, regardless of when I actually wrote it or posted it. I'm not quite sure how to do that in WordPress, and who cares anyway. It's currently Wed. July 31, day 5 of the trip, and I'm …
Month: July 2024
What is this feeling?
OK, so yesterday started with finding out that a dear friend passed away. It wasn't a surprise, she'd been quite ill for a while. I'm really grateful that I got have lunch with her a couple of months ago, where she actually was rallying, but still frail. But... sad. She was lovely and had, I …
Cruise Review: Carnival Venezia, NYC to Bermuda
OK, so this is specifically about the cruise itself, what I paid for, and what I got. Quick background: this was my eight cruise and third on Carnival. Carnival is the lowest-end cruise line I've been on and I've jokingly called it 'the tackiest cruise line'. This ship and cruise wasn't particularly tacky (no wet …
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Bermuda Cruise, pt. 4
OK, we're on Day 3 (Saturday) and the ship has just pulled out of Bermuda. It's late afternoon. I lounged around. At some point, and I don't remember when, I went to the casino, pulled $20 off my onboard account, and played poker slots for a while. (I'd found the casino very confusing, had to …
Bermuda Cruise, pt. 3 (Bermuda!)
So, as I've said here and elsewhere, I've been to Bermuda twice before. In 1987, my parents and I, plus two friends, did the most amazing thing... we sailed to Bermuda from Maryland. I'll have to write about that trip in detail at some point, it was fantastic (although somewhat grueling). I'd never ocean-sailed before, …
Bermuda Cruise, Pt. 2
(We're now on Day 2 (at sea), afternoon.) As hinted, after I posted part 1, I ended up going up to the first of the three trivia sessions they were having in the afternoon: Broadway, Golden Girls and Will & Grace. Really? On a straight cruise? So I went to the Broadway one and got …
Bermuda Cruise, pt.1
So, yeah, on a cruise. By myself, which is fine. A not-gay cruise, also fine. To a place I've been before, also fine. Some basics - C and I did about 8 cruises together, on various lines, lower- and higher-end. The more we did it, the higher-end we got, not only opting for the balcony …
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