[image title=”img_4702″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2095″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today we had another port of call in the Canary Islands. Today’s stop was the island of Las Palmas. The Canary Islands are part of Spain. This would be our last port of call before making the Atlantic crossing. We had already decided to pretty much just stay […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 12 – Las Palmas, Canary Islands
December 7, 2008 by 2 Comments
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 8 – Day at Sea
December 3, 2008 by 3 Comments
[image title=”029″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2073″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today we enjoyed another day at sea after having visited Malagal, Spain yesterday. During the night, the seas picked up a bit. At the noon time update, the Captain reported that we would be experiencing a sea state with about 10 – 12 foot swells. The ship did […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 7 – Malaga, Spain
December 2, 2008 by 2 Comments
[image title=”img_4194″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2067″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today was our first port of call on our 2008 transatlantic cruise. The port was Malaga, Spain, the birthplace of famed painter Picasso. The ship docked about 7:00 am, but due to our late bedtime the night before, we didn’t rise from our slumber until about 11:00 am. […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 5 – Leaving Barcelona
November 30, 2008 by 3 Comments
[image title=”img_4108″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2056″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today we boarded the Celebrity Summit to begin our 15 day transatlantic cruise. The cruise will take us to Spain, Portugal, the Canary Islands, across the Atlantic, St Martaan before concluding in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We boarded the ship around noon with a slight rainfall occurring. Getting […]
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 […]
Vantage Point
October 26, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We just finished watching a very good movie this evening. The movie was Vantage Point. It had very novel concept of seeing events and then backtracking. The move viewed one specific event from the eyes of about six different people. It would first show you the event, in this case, the assassination of the US […]
Photos From Grandma’s 90th Birthday Uploaded
September 14, 2008 by 3 Comments
[image title=”img_3697_edited-2″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2011″ align=”none” linkto=”klasen.us/gallery/year-2008/grandmas-90th-birthday” ] This weekend, we uploaded some photos from my Grandmother’s 90th Birthday festivities from a couple of weeks ago. These are a sampling of the many images that we took from this memorable weekend. We still need to get some captions on the images, maybe even today. You will […]
Grandmother’s 90th Birthday Trip
September 1, 2008 by 3 Comments
This weekend was a very special weekend. It was the 90th birthday of my Grandmother. Her official birthday was Saturday, but the festivities began on Thursday as friends and relatives rolled in from all over the county. I think folks came from 12 different states to attend the birthday parties. Most of the folks, like […]
Sean’s Birthday Festivities
August 24, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Sean’s Birthday was last Thursday, but today we had his fun day. Most of the presents were opened last week, but today was his day on the town. As previously mentioned, the kids get a party with their friends every other year and then on the other year, we have a family day. It started […]
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