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Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 10 – Barcelona, Spain

December 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we had a port of call in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona is a busy cruise port and there may be many cruise ships in at one time. At the dock we were located at, we were sandwiched between the Grand Princess and the Azamara Journey. It was my first look at one of the new […]

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Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 9 – Villefranche, France

December 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we made a port of call in Villefranche, France. It was another tender port since there is no dock for cruise ships. The two primary points of interest in the area are Monaco and Nice. We had chosen to stay in the area and just walk around the quaint little town. Having stayed up […]

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Vacation Time!

November 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Yes! It’s finally here – or well at least will be in the morning! Our much anticipated vacation to Rome, Italy followed by a transatlantic cruise home. It definitely seems like more than a year since our last cruise, but it was this time last year we embarked on our trip to Barcelona, Spain followed […]

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Fourth of July

July 4, 2009 by 1 Comment

Happy Fourth of July to all! What a great holiday and even nicer when it falls near a weekend enabling a long weekend! Its been a whirlwind time lately as I was on business travel last Thur and Fri and then again Mon, Tue and Wed of this week. So, its been a while since […]

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Next Cruise Planning

June 22, 2009 by 2 Comments

Well, as mentioned here before, we currently don’t have a cruise booked yet for 2009. We have been planning on waiting until around the September time frame to see if prices were any better due to being inside 90 days for the cruise. That all sounded good and well, until this weekend when we decided […]

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Trans-Atlantic Cruise Pictures Posted

January 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

We have been working for several weeks now to get all of our pictures of the cruise edited and posted for you. We finally finished the process this morning, so we officially invite you to view our new 2008 Transatlantic Cruise Photo Gallery. We’ve included pictures of our pre-cruise stay and Barcelona, a tour of […]

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Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 19 – San Juan, Puerto Rico

December 15, 2008 by 2 Comments

[image title=”img_5308″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2134″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Well, it had to happen and today it did. Our wonderful cruise of 2008, the transatlantic voyage, came to an end when we docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico and were forced to disembark from the ship. Unfortunately, it was not a pleasant experience. The Celebrity Summit docked […]

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Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 4 – Barcelona

November 29, 2008 by 3 Comments

[image title=”img_4020″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2052″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today was our last full day in Barcelona as tourists. We planned to sleep in again if necessary and then tour Montjuic, a coastal mountain fortress with spectacular views and wind up the night at the Magic Fountain, a water and light show near the Museum of Modern […]

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Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 3 – Barcelona

November 29, 2008 by 2 Comments

[image title=”img_3902_edited-1″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2048″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Day two of our 2008 family vacation finds us still in Barcelona. After a forced long day and lots of walking yesterday, we found ourselves in excellent condition today feeling no jet lag effects. I awoke about 8:30 and went on a little walk to see if I […]

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Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 2 – Barcelona

November 29, 2008 by 2 Comments

[image title=”img_3849″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2044″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Upon arrival at Barcelona we quickly moved through passport control and customs. I was a bit fearful as we headed (with our 7 large bags – I thought we were moving) to the taxi stand. I had encouraged Suzanne to arrange for transportation to the apartment ahead of […]

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