Monthly Archives: February 2019

Hits and Misses on Holland America Oosterdam

Posted on February 22, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Oosterdam Hits and Misses Every ship has things to like about it, and usually something not so great. Of course what people like or not is always a matter of opinion. One person’s absolute favorite thing about any particular ship … Continue reading →

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Kodiak Cruise Ship Port

Posted on February 15, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Kodiak is one of Alaska’s lesser visited cruise ports with just a few mostly smaller cruise ships visiting each summer. Because of this the port currently remains as it was before cruise ships came to town rather than having the … Continue reading →

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Surprisingly Good Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on February 14, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Chocolate chip cookies are delicious with or without oatmeal, so what makes this recipe so surprising? Carrots, that’s what. Carrots are quite sweet and over half the sugar from the original recipe in an ancient cookbook has been replaced by … Continue reading →

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Food on Holland America Veendam

Posted on February 8, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Cruise food varies greatly from line to line, even from ship to ship on the same line. Sometimes it even varies from one sailing to the next on the same ship. Menus change over time. Sometimes they change due to … Continue reading →

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Double Glacier Visit to Glacier Bay

Posted on February 1, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

In a span of just a few hundred years Glacier Bay went from a fertile valley where native Tlingit people lived in the 1600’s with the Grand Pacific Glacier on high mountain ridges above the valley to completely buried in … Continue reading →

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