Archive for August 2009

What time?

We will start at -1 and end at +5…

How far will we go?

As the crow flies - 6981 Nautical Miles, but everyone knows that a cruise ship doesn’t follow the same route as a crow.

Pre and Post Cruise plans

Hotel L’isola the night before the cruise.  At the main office the last day of cruise.

Celebrity Solstice…

For the first four days of the cruise, we will be dogged by the Celebrity Solstice sharing 3 of 4 port.

But on the last day of the cruise will be on the Solstice.

No 23 hour day…

I hate to set the clock forward when I cruise across a timezone.  I always feel like I’m be cheated out of part of a vacation day.

But not on this cruise - no setting the clocks forward!

Your onboard credit is still waiting.

I’ve gotten several good guesses but at least one of you has me going the wrong direction…

On our 3rd port call

Just back from the opening of the ‘Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris’ show at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley and that reminds me that I’ll have to make it to the ‘Picasso Museum’  (Open - Tuesday to Sundays (including Holidays): 10 am to 8 pm.)

I take good advise.

“Go west young man…”

Shore Excursions…

I’m looking at a few of the early shore excursions today:

  • I’m sure we’ll climb the rock this time but I’m not going to monkey around.
  • If possible, I’d like to climb the tower.
  • The movies will be out of season.

Cruise Critic Roll Call…

The Cruise Critic Roll call for our cruise is now up to 32 pages with talk about ports of call and shore excursions.