Tag Archives: photos

Qingdao Cruise Port

Posted on July 30, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Qingdao, China Qingdao, China (pronounced Chingdow) is famous for beer and German architecture in the city center due to a German occupation from 1898-1914. This port city in the Shandong province has beaches and skyscrapers, a beer museum, and a … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Holland America, Port Cities, Ports of Call, Westerdam | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Killing Time in Vancouver

Posted on July 23, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

My sisters and I disembarked the Royal Princess in Vancouver in the morning, with hours to kill before our evening train. During normal times Amtrak runs two trains daily on the Amtrack Cascades route from Eugene, Oregon to Vancouver BC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Port Cities, Princess, Royal Princess | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Petra

Posted on July 16, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Many people who have never heard of Petra have actually seen a glimpse of this wondrous archeological site. The façade of the temple known as the treasury was featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Yes that building carved … Continue reading →

Posted in Lirica, Middle East, MSC, Ports of Call, Shore Excursions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Parks of the San Juan Islands

Posted on July 9, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Marine and state parks dot Washington State’s San Juan Islands. Some small islands are entirely state parks. Other state parks are a small portion of a larger island. Some are historic parks. Parks on the bigger islands are generally accessible … Continue reading →

Posted in USA, Washington | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

3 Island Tour in Venice

Posted on June 25, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

We spent three days in Venice prior to boarding the MSC Lirica. We had enough time to wander around and see things, and to take a gondola ride. On our last full day in Venice we booked a 3 island … Continue reading →

Posted in Day Trips, Europe, Lirica, MSC, Port Cities | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Great Wall of China

Posted on June 18, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Considering the distance from Tianjin port to Beijing, we booked a ship’s excursion to see the Great Wall. This all-day excursion started with a visit to the Summer Palace with a lunch stop at a jade factory between there and … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Holland America, Shore Excursions, Westerdam | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Aqaba, Jordan Cruise Port

Posted on June 11, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

AQABA, JORDAN Aqaba is Jordan’s only seaport and the largest city in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. It is a free-trade zone with lower taxes than the rest of the country. People from elsewhere in Jordan don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Lirica, Middle East, MSC, Port Cities, Ports of Call | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cabins at Decatur Head

Posted on June 4, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Decatur Island is a private island in Washington State’s San Juan Islands. There isn’t much public land, but it does have a public boat ramp and the beaches are mostly state property. There isn’t much access for anyone who isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in USA, Washington | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Seabrook

Posted on May 28, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Years ago while my kids were growing up, we used to take our horses to the ocean every summer. We stayed in Ocean City at a little RV park about a block from the ocean. Up a very small hill … Continue reading →

Posted in Pacific Ocean & Islands, USA, Washington | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

A Couple Days in Vancouver

Posted on May 21, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

VANCOUVER BC Vancouver BC has a popular cruise ship port with ships sailing mainly to Alaska docking there throughout the season. The port, called Canada Place, is a tourist attraction in itself as well as a cruise port. It’s also … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Port Cities | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment