A little bit of fun heading into the weekend. You might be a cruise addict if: 1: You understand the following acronyms and assume others will too: MDR, UBP, DOD, FTTF. 2: You have a “ship on a stick” on your mantel. 3: You order your warm melting chocolate cake...
I’m baaaaaack (read Oprah style)! Prof. Cruise’s travel/teaching assistant, “H” here with a throwback to my very first booze cruise on the Carnival Sensation. Introductions As you may know, on my maiden voyage aboard the Carnival Freedom I was just shy of legal Camp Ocean age. You’d think Prof. Cruise...
In honor of my mom’s 70th birthday, I thought we should do a 70 day trip, you know, one day for each year of her life, but spending 70 days dwelling on getting older wasn’t appealing to her, plus my T.A. “H” and I had to start school in September,...
Our long day at port in Honolulu was a significant occasion for both my T.A.,”H,” and for my husband Eric. For H because he would celebrate his half dozenth birthday there and for Eric because, after five days at sea slowly losing his eyesight to video games followed by a...
“H” here, Prof. Cruise’s T.A. and resident expert on Grand Turk. I mean, I’m only six and I’ve already been to Grand Turk three times. Grand Turk for Those on the Left My first time in Grand Turk on the Carnival Freedom went like this: I climbed down a mooring...
Welcome back, students! I hope you all had a binge filled, I mean rest filled, spring break. Because I’m still recovering from mine, I don’t have a lecture prepared for today, so I’m going to ramble on about what I did for the last week and hope you don’t tell...
This week I’ve been watching the Netflix series Russian Doll in 20-minute increments between planning my next cruise or, technically, cruises – it will be my first back to back. Tough life, I know. But this juxtaposition of cruising and time loops has me thinking of travel instances where I...
Although temporarily deferred in dramatic fashion, my dream of returning to Hawaii to snorkel near Lanai was fulfilled as I hovered above a massive coral reef pretending to be one of the beautiful tropical fish swimming among it. And although the other fish mistook me for a beluga whale, it was spectacular.
I should introduce myself. “H” here. I’m Prof. Cruise’s teaching/travel assistant and, sadly, have inherited many of her genetic quirks due to sharing half her DNA. Thankfully I get my good looks and advanced vocabulary from dad. At the time of my first sailing on the Breakaway – I’ve since...
I’ve been to Old San Juan twice, once on the Carnival Conquest and once on the Carnival Freedom (see my detailed ship review here). I was joined on both sailings by my teaching/travel assistant “H” and my mom who also serves as my administrative assistant, supplying me with toothpaste and...
