If you haven’t been here, when you think of the romantic South Pacific, you probably think of Tahiti. It happens to be that it is the economic, cultural, and political center and is home to 70% of the population. It just isn’t what you saw in the movie South Pacific. It […]
We started our four-month cruise three weeks ago and have had a blast renewing friendships with so many folks onboard Crystal Serenity. This is the first port that is a new stop for us. Fewer than 1,000 people live here. It is clean, pretty, and quite serine. When we […]
Alaska cruises are always fantastic. You just can’t beat the scenery. Add to that, that we hit the jackpot with the weather this week, which shows off the natural beauty even more spectacularly. We woke up this morning in The Endicott Arm, a narrow fjord is located approximately 50 miles […]
We are on an Alaska cruise for a week. Skagway, Alaska, home to about 1,200 folks, is defined by the Klondike Goldrush in the late 1890s. Today the city is booming again thanks to about 8,000 cruise passengers every single day in the summer. The city is cute as can […]
Today we visited the USS Silversides Museum located in Muskegon, Michigan, on the east side of Lake Michigan. The highlight was a complete walkthrough of the ship. She was a Gato-class submarine. They were able to build 77 of these type subs between 1940 and 1944. Some interesting numbers and […]
After decades of population decline, Detroit is once again growing. And it is easy to see why. All over the city we saw clean streets and buildings, no graffiti and massive construction. We have not been to a more underrated city. They have fabulous museums, housing, restaurants, offices, and shopping. […]
We spent the morning at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fabulous! Did you know that Allyn played the guitar and sang professionally in various bars from 1972 – 1974 to put herself through college? We stopped by the football stadium walking back to the ship. Cleveland fun factoids: […]
It’s fun and awesome getting wet while viewing Niagara Falls up close. Interesting factoids: The volume of water in the Great Lakes would cover North America in about 3.5 ft of water. Today less than one percent of the water of the Great Lakes is renewable on an annual basis […]
We are back on the road for 12 nights. We had such a good time on our Great Lakes road trip in 2022 that, this summer, we are taking a 12-night Great Lakes cruise. We stayed at the original Four Seasons Hotel last night in Toronto. This morning, we enjoyed […]
Last night we were treated to our most elegant affair ever. Yes ever! In a special surprise dinner, Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio, who owns Crystal Cruises hosted all 120+ 2025 world cruisers to a magnificent evening at Palazzo Colonna. It is the largest private residence in Europe. The Colonna family line […]