Day 2 of 111. Sea DayToday is the first “sea day” and I am learning that they are at least as important as the ports we visit. They change the rug in the elevators each day so we know what day it is. This is very helpful. I had a Windows 10 class, a watercolor…

Day 1 of 111. Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaWe have embarked and are situated comfortably in our stateroom. It is nice, with two beds, a couch, lots of closets and even a bathtub. We have explored the ship, signed up for some cooking classes, found the movie theater (Florence Foster Jenkins shows tonight) and had a little…

I got up early to use the WiFi in the lobby and see the sunrise over the beach. I am still collecting Pokémon and the beach offers some great variety compared to home. There are lots of Squirtles and Bulbasaurs and I even caught a Dratini. When Ron joined me, we walked around the hotel….

This has been a great trip. Just a little turbulence near the end of the trip on Virgin America, but otherwise a very smooth trip. We were met at the airport by the Holland America people and transported to the Harbor Beach Marriott Hotel. This is a beautiful place. I’m hoping to see the sunrise…

Here we are at LAX. We got here in plenty of time to sit and have a leisurely breakfast at Gladstone’s LAX overlooking the airplane loading zone. We had TSA Precheck today so everything was smoooooth. What a great way to begin our trip.

OK, we are about as ready as we are going to be. Our bags are packed. We’ve checked in at the airlines. We have friends watching the house. Valuables have been put in storage. We’ve got our shots, our passports, our visas, our clothes, our medications, our computers… everything. Our neighbor will give us a…

This ship will be our home for the next four months. It seems incredible to spend so much time away from home. This ship holds 1,300 passengers which is not like the larger ship (the NCL Jewel) we were on for our tips to Mexico and to Alaska that held 2,350 passengers. I like the…

We just found out that there will be an excursion to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Ron really wanted to visit this temple complex, but was told earlier that it wouldn’t fit into this cruise’s itinerary. Ron is signed up and ready to go!Ron is interested because of the immense temple complex and impressive structures. Paul…

We just found out that there has been a small change in our cruise destinations. We will now be visiting Athens, Greece! Wow. We are very excited to have a chance to see the ancient and amazing sites and sights.

Ron and I made a visit to Disneyland on a Wednesday… because we could. We were celebrating a little because we just had new passport photos taken at AAA and sent off the applications for our tourist visas for China and India. Whew. Disneyland was decorated for Halloween. As the day wore on, we saw…