Costa Rica – 1/8/25

Yesterday was a sea day filled with lots to do.  We finished our day at the Pinnacle Grill.  The menu has changed but the food hasn’t it is great.  They still have their signature lobster bisque, candied bacon and steaks!  We attended the captain’s reception last night. Our Captain is very talkative and is very…

Cayman Islands – 1/6/25

Our first stop on our cruise is Georgetown in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory, meaning it is under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom (UK) but governs itself in most matters. We had to use tenders to go ashore but here they used bigger local boats which…

Grand World Cruise

January 4th, 2025 through May 9th, 2024. Well we started on the adventure of a lifetime yesterday.  128 day cruise around the world on Holland America Cruise line sailing on the Zuiderdam. I will try to blog our trip at our different stops so that our grandchildren (and anyone else that is interested) can follow…

Asia Cruise 2024 Part 2 of 2

Day 15 (February 4th, 2024) was another sea day.  A little tense as we sailed through the Taiwan Strait today.  No jets nor destroyers sighted so looks like no problems today.  We were not far from Taiwan and China.  Nana and I have settled into our routine.  We get up early, play basketball at 6:30am…

Asia Cruise 2024 – Part 1 of 2

This will be an ongoing blog for the first half of the cruise. Check out part 2 for more of the story We are off on a 4 week adventure to Asia. We start in Singapore and end in Tokyo. We stop in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, china, South Korea, and Japan. We left on January 16, 2024…

South America Cruise

Suzanna and I have started our South American trip. We landed in Buenos Aires on our 38th anniversary and we had a great day. The people from Delta and Holland America took great care of us. we met Father Bob from Cleveland in line boarding the ship and he found out about our anniversary.  Father…