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Freedom Sails…Day 2
Today is Monday, day two of our Freedom of the Seas cruise. Today is a sea day, no ports. We have some pretty cool things on tap today including an ice show…at sea!!! This was also the day where we met many more of those “over and above” staff members. Ones that we would return…
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Freedom Sails
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!)…
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Alluring Travel on the Open Sea…II
Trying to do a “quick” tour of the Allure of the Seas, is really an impossibility. This is the largest ship on the water right now, getting around takes some planning…and comfortable shoes! One of the new “wow” features of this class of ship is the boardwalk. The back of the ship is open to…
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Puking in Paris…A Dead Guy Changed My Mind
Ok, I admit it. I don’t like war movies. I’ve never seen Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, or any of those sort of movies. I am sure that they are absolutely unbelievable gems of the cinema, they are just not my style. So when mom suggested we move from rue Cler to L’Hôtel national des…
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Puking in Paris…rue Cler (aka rue Rick Steves)
Waking up the next morning, I did not feel awesome at all. But I was unwilling to waste any more time in Paris. This was already a short trip and I didn’t want to spend any more of it in our apartment. We decided to do a self-guided walk from Rick Steve’s book, rue Cler…