When I travel abroad — for me that means outside the U.S. — I try my best to leave my expectations behind, to experience foreign destinations with an open mind and an acceptance that “it is what it is.” That being said, I’m only human, so certain expectations do wiggle into my world-traveling psyche, as… Read More
Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston There are times in my life when I don’t consider myself extremely lucky, but this past weekend I felt like the luckiest girl alive. While we were in Amsterdam over New Year’s, I received a phone call informing me that I had won a prize from the Visit Massachusetts… Read More
Melodies and Travel Memories Let’s face it. Music can enhance memory so it’s no surprise that during those special and important moments in our lives, we often have a memory connected to a specific song. As for me, my brain is chock full of melodies and travel memories. It’s safe to say that my list of… Read More
Camp Carnival My recent 4-night cruise to Canada from Boston on the Carnival Glory provided me with the opportunity to interview the Camp Carnival Youth Director, Heather Carrick from Canada. Heather has only been the Youth Director for a few months after her recent promotion, but she has been with Carnival for almost five years… Read More
Carnival Glory in port in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada If you’ve been following along recently, you’ve seen that I was just recently onboard the Carnival Glory out of Boston to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada for a 4-night cruise. The Carnival Glory is a Conquest-class ship that was built in Italy and went into… Read More
As we all know, all good things must come to an end and so our family cruise is now ending as we return to port in Boston. The ship was expected to arrive into port at around 5 am and we could begin disembarkation after 7:30 am. We received information in our cabins regarding the… Read More
View from cabin 7270 I was determined to see a sunrise or sunset at least once on this trip, but it hasn’t happened yet. I missed the sunrise this morning as I actually slept in a little, but that was partly because my husband rolled in late this morning. Well, not as late as some… Read More
Let’s just say we had an early wake up call today. Although we weren’t doing a shore excursion, five members of our group were doing one and we offered to help get them to where they needed to go. We were up at 6:15 am although I didn’t get much sleep worrying about whether or… Read More
Carnival Glory Here we are on day two of our cruise on the Carnival Glory. After waking up to the sound of the elevators all night, we were wide awake and ready to go. I highly recommend on this particular ship finding a cabin farther away from mid-ship as the elevator bays ding constantly when… Read More
Grand Atrium Nothing in life is ever easy, right? My task was to organize and plan something that most might shy away from. What normally might be a quick 4-night Canada cruise out of Boston required not only work, but all of the stars and planets to align in perfect harmony. Yes, we were not… Read More
