Sunday, July 6, 2025
Per usual I was unable to sleep on the plane, and Scott had nearly no sleep as well. Overall it was an easy direct flight from Seattle to London on British Airways, and we even landed a bit early. Our route from Heathrow to Canterbury would involve taking the Elizabeth Line to the Thameslink connection…
Friday, July 4, 2025
I turned 50 years old in May, which still seems odd to say out loud. I don’t really have a hangup about the number, it’s more that I feel a bit too immature to have earned it if that makes any sense. But then sometimes I’ll have conversations with younger friends, like in their 30s…
Sunday, August 25, 2024
We had to be out of our cabin by 8:00 AM so the crew could turn it over for the next sailing, but we didn’t have to be off of the ship until 9:30 AM. So we brought our bags with us to one of the main dining rooms for a leisurely breakfast. Gotta maximize…
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Technically today was considered a port day so that NCL can make it’s legally-required stop in Victoria, BC, Canada. But that stop is from 8PM-11PM, and since we’ve both been many times before and can go whenever we want to we skipped it and considered this a sea day. We just spent today soaking up…
Friday, August 23, 2024
NCL only allotted a half-day in Ketchikan for today’s port stop, 7AM-1:15PM. And it’s made even shorter by the fact that they dock quite a ways out of town requiring a (complimentary) old yellow school bus shuttle service. You can pay for an excursion that includes transportation, or hire a taxi for a chunk of…
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Scott let me pick the specific itinerary for this cruise, and I always knew I wanted a route that would include Glacier Bay National Park. I had been looking forward to this day for a very long time. Scott had treated us to a balcony cabin and thermal suite passes in part so we could…
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Today was our Skagway, Alaska stop, and we were scheduled to have a long port day here. We wandered the streets of the very small town. It was quite quaint with pioneer-era buildings and small shops surrounded by an epic natural backdrop. I got an official Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park stamp in my…
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Our first port stop for the cruise was Juneau, AK and it was today. But we also weren’t docking until 2:30 pm and were able to have a leisurely morning and early afternoon, soaking up the scenery in the quiet environments of our balcony and the thermal suite. We had no specific plans or excursions…
Monday, August 19, 2024
A full day at sea is the best way to start a cruise, I think. Time to settle in, decompress, find your vacation vibe. No alarm clock and a lazy pace. We had two planned engagements for the day: the Latitudes event and another specialty dinner reservation. Latitudes is the loyalty program for NCL, so…
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Today we boarded our Alaska cruise. My first and Scott’s fourth! We were booked on the Norwegian Encore on a 7-night itinerary, embarking and disembarking in Seattle. Readers of my prior cruise blogging might remember me as quite disenfranchised with the vacation method. But with some more careful planning, strategic upgrades, and taking advantage of…
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