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Carnival Luminosa Cabins

Like most cruise ships, Carnival Luminosa has a variety of cabins for people to choose from varying from the cheapest inside rooms to the biggest and most expensive suites. On this ship even the lowly inside cabins have options – … Continue reading

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Ushuaia Cruise Ship Port

Ushuaia, Argentina Though people seemed to have slightly different pronunciation for Ushuaia from one another, most of the locals seemed to say something like ooo-shy-uh, only all ran together smoothly rather than obviously separate sounds and the ooo part rhymes … Continue reading

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Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Amsterdam is not just a place to look at lifelike wax figures, though it is full of them. The journey starts in an elevator with a countdown on the ceiling as to when it will … Continue reading

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Carnival Radiance

Carnival Radiance launched as Carnival Victory in 2000. It was renamed Radiance in 2021 following an extensive makeover. Renovations included the addition of 115 staterooms, a water park, updating decor, and updating many of the ship’s food places and other … Continue reading

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Nuku’alofa Tonga Island Tour

Approaching the port in Nuku’alofa on the island of Tongatapu in Tonga on Holland America Noordam, we saw a pilot boat keeping pace with us for awhile. Whether the same boat had dropped off our pilot or not I don’t … Continue reading

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Maho Beach Revisited

When we took our granddaughter Hannah on a Caribbean cruise, the one thing she said she wanted to do was see the airplanes at Maho Beach at our port stop in Saint Martin – which is actually Sint Maarten since … Continue reading

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Saint Lucia Segway, Sightseeing, & Beach

With an excursion title like Segway Sightseeing & Beach, you might think that would include sightseeing on Segways, riding them on the beach – or both, but it was actually neither. When the gangways on Enchanted Princess finally were in … Continue reading

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Carnival Splendor Spa Balcony Cabin

Our cabin on Carnival Splendor was spa balcony cabin number 1114 on deck 11 where there was just a small row of cabins on each side. This was the highest cabin deck on the ship and the hallway it was … Continue reading

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Bamberg Walking Tour

Bamberg, Germany Bamberg, Germany spreads over 7 hills where the Regnitz and Main rivers meet. Each hill has a church on top, mirroring ancient Rome. It is known for the historical buildings in the old town with buildings from the … Continue reading

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Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum

Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands and died July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, France. He was the oldest of 6 children. Working as an art dealer’s apprentice starting at 16 brought about admiration … Continue reading

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