2021 Holiday Escape This will be a mostly pictorial post, I'm not going to spend much time discussing this cruise. There were some fantastic parts to be sure and overall I really enjoyed this trip, however given the port intensive nature of it and the state of the world with omicon, there were
2021 Grandeur of the Seas - Christmas 2021 - Planning Now that the protocols for getting into Barbados and onto the ship have been released the reality of what all needs done is setting in. It's not that there's a lot, but everything needs to be done in a fairly short timeframe, during finals week, and having a team Christmas
2021 Christmas 2021 For the last several years I've been taking a solo trip for Christmas, the last one being a back to back trip on the NCL Breakaway out of Port Canaveral. Absolutely one of those trips that I thoroughly enjoyed in the moment but as the year went on I wished
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Last days I should probably finish this before I head back in less than two weeks.... Ok, so it's taken awhile to get to the end of the trip but it's been a busy month since I moved :) This part won't be very long though, after CocoCay I didn't get off the
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Perfect Day at CocoCay September of 2019 was the first time I went to CocoCay (and my first cruise on Royal Caribbean) and quickly fell in love with it. Despite my dislike of sand and beaches in general there was just something about this island that drew me in and made me want to
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Freeport and Hot Ice Cool Art Ahhh, first morning of the cruise, one of my favorite moments. You've just woken up, the ship is still quiet (although it was pretty quiet all the time on this one due to capacity), and you can wander around in peace, enjoy it like it's your own private yacht. Same
2021 Adventure of the Seas - Embarkation day Morning started a little rough, there may have been a few gin and tonics the evening before, so even though I called it a fairly early evening when I woke up I was a little under the weather. A nice shower and a bottle of water with some propel powder
2021 Adventure of the Seas - It begins! Ahhh, nothing like writing your entire post an accidentally deleting it. Oh well, to start anew and make it a bit more concise! If you haven't seen it, the intro to this cruise is here. There are some changes to the schedule since then, we're doing Freeport on day 2,
Aesthetics I have a preference for black and white photography. There's something about it, the focus on the quality of the light, shapes, tonality, maybe because it harkens back to a different era of photography or maybe because, at least for me, it's easier to focus on the feel of the
travel Travel Photography Kit Having a year and a half without really going anywhere, and a large part of that stuck completely at home, has given me plenty of time to think about what I wanted to bring when I started traveling agin. How am I going to balance my desire to minimalism, desire
nasa Why a blog? One of the things I've regretted since COVID hit was that I'd never put any focus on documenting my trips. I have all these memories, people I've met, places I've gone, things I've done and seen, but when trying to recall them sometimes it falls flat. I love that I
travel Adventure of the Seas - Initial plans Planning has begun! This won't be my most active cruise excusion wise, two of the ports aren't offering much that interests me so I'll likely stay on the ship if we're not able to get off to walk around on our own, and this will be a partly working vacation
travel Adventure is Back Photo by Fernando Jorge on Unsplash A year ago if you'd asked me I'd have been sure that by last Christmas I'd be back to traveling again like usual. Alas, I was wrong, however with vaccine rollout proceeding at a breakneck pace and my being fully vaccinated now it's time
