Hello from Knoxville, TN where we are starting our current road trip. If it seems like an odd place to start a Great Lakes adventure, it is because we wanted to visit our cruise buddies, the Hellers, whom we have not seen for a while.Hellers, well known art patrons, showed us the recent Sid Singer […]
Hi again. It’s time to hit the road again. We have enjoyed visiting the US and Canada so much in the last couple of years that we are doing it again this summer. Like last year we have the privilege to travel via class A motorcoach for a month stopping at 15 RV Parks for […]
Allyn Shulman, Guest Blogger My beautiful daughter Jess came to visit from LA so we started out with a tough work out at OrangeTheory, where she used to coach. It does my heart good to see how everyone loves her! Next, I treated my BFF Janet, my daughter and her BFF to Lady Gaga; our […]
It is great to be back home after 3 ½ months on the road. As usual we generally had a fabulous time. Of course, Crystal Cruises threw a monkey wrench into our plans when they dumped us off just a couple weeks into a cruise that was supposed to last over three months. Besides leaving […]
Curacao, part of the Netherlands, is so far south in the Caribbean, that it lies just 30 miles from South America. We walked from the ship over the Queen Emma (pontoon) Bridge, to reach downtown. It is rumored that in 1817 the governor ordered the repainting of the buildings in order to cut down the […]
We have been to Cartagena several times, and each has been a delight. Since we overnighted here we were able to visit for two days. All visits seem to start with the mandatory photo stop at San Felipe Castle. Generally, when we think of Cartagena we are thinking of its beautiful walled city. The seven-mile […]
Colon is Panama’s second largest city and the largest on the Atlantic side of the country. It is adjacent to the Panama Canal’s northern opening. The city, itself, is in a bit of disrepair. Today’s highlight, and indeed, most days’ highlight was a trip to the Aqua Clara Locks. On the way there they took […]
Exactly a month ago, we were on Crystal Serenity and docked, here, at Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, and took a quite enjoyable trolley tour – https://jetsetway.com/costa-rica-2022/. Therefore today we decided just to relax and signed up for the Puerto Viejo Beach Break and Shopping. It is not unusual for the cruise ships to find a […]
Roatan is the largest and most populated island in this part of the Caribbean. Again, Allyn and I went our different ways in the morning. She just can’t keep away from the catamarans with snorkeling. At first I was going to just hang around the dock. It is pretty, but not much happening. Then […]
The shipped docked today at Santo Tomas de Castilla, Guatemala, on the Gulf of Honduras. I took a guided trolley tour around town. This is a poor country (ave income $550 per month). To put that in perspective our guide also teaches English and works in an electronics store. He said since the ship is […]