After spending three days in Adelaide, Steve (DOS) and I headed to the port of Adelaide for our five night repositioning cruise to Perth, Western Australia. Our Adelaide friends Manuela and Jenny were traveling with us on the cruise, and…
Exquisite Food and Wine-pairing dinner at Armani’s
Last night we had one of if not the best Food and Wine pairing dinners we’ve ever had. We ate at Armani’s in the Grand Hyatt, Tampa Bay, where we are staying for the weekend. As I wrote in the…
Pre-Birthday Weekend in Tampa
This weekend, Steve (DOS) and I are enjoying a pre-birthday stay-cation at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Airport. We have stayed at this hotel several times, but it’s been a couple years since our last stay here. I drove us over…
Valentine’s Day on Celebrity Constellation in Penthouse 6147
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! No, I wish I were back on the Constellation today, but this post is a memory of our Valentine’s from 3 years ago. I logged onto Facebook this morning and saw I had memories of…
Sweet, suite Upgrade!
On Friday I flew back from New Bern, NC after a week of business in the Atlantic Beach area. I had a great week there, with nice beach walks in the evening. My first flight was from New Bern…
Cruising thru the Panama Canal
So I’m a bit tardy getting the Panama Canal post below ‘posted’, but I’ve been quite busy since we got back from vacation; mostly traveling for work. I wrote the following post while aboard the ship but delayed posting it…
Unwanted Stow-a-way!
Twas a beautiful day at sea! We love the lazy sea days to walk around deck, lounge on the verandah, sleep late, eat and drink etc. This was the second formal night as well, so we donned our tuxes and…
Pisco Sours and Sail-away!
We had a short stop at Pisco, Peru from 7am – 2pm. We were originally scheduled to go to Lima, Peru, but due to construction at the pier, this was a rescheduled stop. Celebrity had contacted us prior to the…
Lazy days at Sea! Valparaiso to Arica
So it’s been a few days since I’ve had a chance to blog. It’s now day four of our 14 night repositioning cruise from Valparaiso, Chile, to Ft. Lauderdale. (I’m writing a few posts off-line, so will upload them when…