Dear Mummy and Daddy,
Oh, my dear parents, how I’ve missed you so. How many times I’ve found myself tanning in the sun, sitting in a cafe in Italy, or lounging on deck and thinking, “oh, but if only I were home now, I’d be…
And that’s all – all for Europe. I’ve been here now 4 1/2 months and its unfortunately time to go. We have already started to make our way out to sea for the 5 seas it will take to reach St. Maarten in the Caribbean. …
Continue Reading →Of all the gin shops, in all the towns in all the world, we had to come here.
The metropolis of Casablanca doesn’t quite live up to the romanticized image we get from the Humphrey Bogart film – I’m afraid the image of dozens of…
As soon as I got out of the car, the ape was on my head. Just for a second, though, and then it jumped onto the out-cropping of rock next to me. In effect, it had just used my head as a spring board to…
Continue Reading →We ported yesterday in Livorno, Italy. Yes, ported is a word.
It was the last time I’ll be stepping foot in Italy for what might be a great while, so with my last few Italian hours, I went on a mission for some Italian dress…
Sicily is the big island in the middles of the Mediterranean that, if you look at a map, looks like it’s getting kicked in the pants by the boot of Italy. My attraction to the place is based mostly on the role it plays in…
Continue Reading →I was slapped today with a written warning for something I wrote on this website… a few weeks ago. Apparently the head office takes the time to monitor my entries.
Since I apparently have the undivided attention of the head office, I’d like to ask:
Halloween fell on a embarkation day (when old passengers are thrown out and new ones invited in), so we had out Halloween party on the 29th of October. It amazes me how many members of the crew travel with a wig or entire costume for…
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