Our next cruise was a little 3-night trip out of Port Canaveral on Royal Caribbeans Majesty of the Seas. This itinerary was a stop in Nassau and then a day at Royals private island Coco […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – THIRTEENTH CRUISE – KEY WEST
Leaving Costa Maya we headed back to Miami. Most passengers disembarked but we stayed onboard for another round. Leaving that afternoon we set sail for Key West, Florida. When I was in the Navy i […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – TWELTH CRUISE – COSTA MAYA
Looks like I have let this posting slip a little. I will try to be more prompt. This is our next stop on this adventure. Puerto Costa Maya and nearby sleepy Mahahual were once rural […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – TWELTH CRUISE – EMPRESS & COZUMEL
Cruise #12 was a Western Caribbean cruise out of Miami onboard the Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas. At that time the Empress OTS was the oldest and smallest ship in Royal’s fleet. She entered […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – PARIS
The end of the bus ride was our hotel in Paris. The Viking package included two post-cruise days which we opted to extend to four. Check-in at the hotel was like anything Viking does – […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – LUXEMBOURG
As we made our way to Paris, the busses stopped in Luxembourg and allowed us to visit The Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial. In the USA it was Memorial Day and the cemetery was putting […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – TRIER
Today we stopped in Trier, Germany, for a wonderful excursion. Trier, Germany’s oldest city, lies at the head of the scenic Mosel Valley near the Luxembourg border. An ancient Roman capital, Trier brags that it […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – BERNKASTEL
The old town of Bernkastel has many sights to offer. The castle ruins of Landshut high above the town, the “Spitzhäuschen” (pointed house) or the historic market square. Kues is the largest district. Here you […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – COCHEM
The next stop on this epic journey was Cochem, Germany. Cochem is a beautiful historic town in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, near Koblenz and Trier, Germany’s oldest city. It lies along the left bank of the Mosel […]
THE CRUISING LIFE – ELEVENTH CRUISE – MAINZ
One way that river cruising is different from ocean cruising is that there is always something to see. One minute you see old castles, then some kind of industry, then a campground, then you’re in […]