Saturday, August 6, 9:47pm, in the North Atlantic Ever since we left St. John, the ship has been enveloped in a dense fog. Outside our balcony, I can see no more than 5 feet out to see. It's like being wrapped in opaque plastic. It's a bit rainy, I think, but I'm not sure. Since …
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St. John, NB, Canada
6:25pm, about 20 minutes out of St. John, NB, North Atlantic Ocean Today was an absolutely spectacular day! We went to our only port on this cruise, which was St. John, NB. About 80,000 people or so live in the town, with about 120,000 in the entire metropolitan area. It is a quite quaint little …
Jersey Girls
8/5/11 noon, in the North Atlantic I subscribe to Plinky. It's a website that gives bloggers prompts on what to write about, if writer's block invades one's head. After being on a boat for 24 hours with hundreds of people from New Jersey I have a great new blog idea that I will submit to …
The Things You Hear in an Elevator
Thursday, August 4, 10:15pm Tonight, we were headed back to our room after our late-evening meal. The girls were still with us, but they were headed to a teen activity session with a large group on the ship. We stepped into an elevator, and there was a little boy, probably around 4 or 5 years …
The Things Kids Say, Part Two
Thursday, August 4, 10:15pm Kids sometimes say the funniest things. Several years ago, when we were on the first cruise we took with our daughters, we ported out of New Orleans. The trip in and out of port to and from the ocean takes about 8 hours. Most people miss it because, frankly there seem …
The Port of New York
The Port of New York is a cool place to be. It sits between Jersey and NYC, so from a ship at the dock, one can see both the skyline of NYC and Newark. There are so many ferries going back and forth it appwars there are no need for any bridges. One can also …
Ellis Island
August 3, 2011. Noon, EDT Ellis Island. For literally hundreds of millions of Americans, we owe this great island and it's history our very own. Today, I visited it and it gave me chills. Taking th statue cruises ferry from the Statue of Liberty, we walked on to Ellis Island. The temperature was about 80 …
About to Set Sail
Thursday August 4, 11:58am, NYC Port of New York, cruise ship terminal So today we set sail from NYC to Canada. The weather is perfect, at about 80 degrees. The secret to a cruise embarkation is to get there about an hour earlier than it says on the brochure. That way, you avoid the super-long …
Things Teens Say While on Vacation
So today we had our two girls with us in NYC. Sometimes kids just blurt out things, but it seems to me that teens are really good at saying really goofy things sometimes. Today's experiences included the following: The oldest daughter was trying to remember the name of her stuffed penguin. Her boyfriend (BF) named …
Ellis Island
Ellis Island. For literally hundreds of millions of Americans, we owe this great island and it's history our very own. Today, I visited it and it gave me chills. Taking th statue cruises ferry from the Statue of Liberty, we walked on to Ellis Island. The temperature was about 80 degrees, and there was a …
