We’re aboard the Norwegian Dawn in our home port of (not so sunny, today anyway) Tampa, Florida. We’re sailing to Central America via the Western Caribbean. On this journey we’ll add two new countries to our tally: Honduras (#87) and Belize (#88). I’ll blog along the way, but I may not update posts daily, preferring […]
Category Archive for 'North America'
Day #1: All’s well that ends well
Posted in Delta Airlines, Michigan, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Made it to Detroit with time to spare. So, our diversion was just a free trip to Ohio. Next stop: LHR
Day #1: Change of plans
Posted in Delta Airlines, Ohio, RTW 2013 on Jun 22nd, 2013
Well, we’ve just landed in Cleveland. Weather in Detroit forced us to divert here for additional fuel as we couldn’t hold long enough in the air. Ugh. Our flight to London leaves in 5 hours. This shouldn’t have been close, but I fear this will delay us for a number of hours. Not an ideal […]
Day #2: Princess Cays, Bahamas
Posted in Bahamas, Ruby Princess on Nov 20th, 2012
Today, we arrived at Princess’s private island destination, called the Princess Cays in the Bahamas (new country for Emerson). Following breakfast, Libby, Emerson and I took the short tender ride to shore. We picked out a couple of prime lounge chairs on the beach, slathered on the sunscreen, and then headed into the water. Emerson […]
Day #1: Ft. Lauderdale, Embarkation
Posted in Florida, Ruby Princess on Nov 20th, 2012
Following an uneventful drive, we arrived at Port Everglades a little after 11:30. The check-in queue was rather long, but Pop saved the day for us as we were able to use the special assistance line. Thus, we zipped aboard the ship with minimal fuss and muss in a mere matter of moments. Hungry, we […]