In the days leading up to this cruise, Turkey had a failed coup attempt. With that in mind, many cruise ships were skipping or replacing stops in Turkey with either a sea day, or another port in the area. Our cruise had made no announcement as to what the plan was at that point, and when … Continue reading Part 8 (Kusadasi, Turkey) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
So it’s no secret that I love to cruise. I love the ease of having something for everyone available at any time. I really love traveling with family so I often need entertainment for multiple generations and cruising is the best way I’ve found to do that. So. Having done the Eastern Caribbean only once … Continue reading Back to the Future…Um Freedom
Today we are in the Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman to be specific and Georgetown to be even more specific. This is the port I was most looking forward to, the only port on this itinerary that I had not already been to before. I scheduled an excursion with Soto’s (http://www.sotoscruises.com/) for a two stop tour … Continue reading Freedom Sails…Day 5
Today is Tuesday. Day three of our Freedom of the Seas cruise. Today we are docking at Labadee, Haiti. It is commonly called Royal Caribbean’s private island, but that is a misnomer as it is not really an island but the tip of a peninsula that has been gated off for Royal Caribbean’ s use. … Continue reading Freedom Sails…Day 3
Well we went cruising again. Before I even finished my review of the last cruise! That’s not to say that I didn’t have enough time, I just get busy with life/kids/soccer/etc. and writing gets pushed down the list…oh, and I have a full time job too! So on Saturday, we piled the seven (yes, seven!) … Continue reading Freedom Sails
