Where We've Been Recently

I realize that I don't post regularly on this blog - only when something interesting comes along.  So you may have been wondering, 'what are those guys up to?'

What we've been up to included 39 nights on three back-to-back cruises plus about6 days at Walt Disney World.  [Who can go to Orlando for a cruise and ignore the parks?]

This all began with a bucket list, of course.  We had noted that Disney Cruise Line was headed to the Baltics this spring.  On the bucket list was the Norwegian Fjords, which they would be visiting.  So we booked that cruise.

Of course, we would need to get to the Baltics (all their cruises sailed out of Copenhagen) and it seemed like a good idea to sail on the EastBound TransAtlantic cruise from Florida to Copenhagen.  Flights are expensive, anyway - right?

Then we were left with a week between the EBTA and the Fjord cruises, so we signed up for the Baltic Capitals cruise rather that stay in Copenhagen for the week (a notoriously expensive place to stay).

So we left on May 9th and returned to San Miguel on June 15th.  Whew!  There were many adventures: ports cancelled due to ice, new friends made and old friends reunited on board, and, of course, the usual supply of dim-witted fellow cruisers to avoid at all costs.

For those interested in a blow-by-blow description you might look at Michael's Facebook entries.  He was pretty diligent at posting comments and pictures.  If I ever get around to sorting through my own pictures, I may post them.  That's a big 'If'.

But we're back at home for now.  Bought two new cruises while onboard (it's one of the few discounts that Disney offers) so we'll be gone from time to time.  We've got five trips in the works through 2016: Disneyland and Club 33 in September 2015; Cabo San Lucas in January/February 2016; the Santa Fe Opera in August; an EastBound Panama Canal in late August (did the westbound PC a couple of years ago) this is just the reverse - San Diego to Port Canaveral; and a Eastern Caribbean in October.  Should keep us hopping!

[I never want to drag two suitcases and a carry-on with me again.  There were tons of clothes that went unworn.]  The dogs did not forget us and seemed quite happy to be home again.