Author Archives: patmathews

A few more Puntarenas pictures 

Posted on January 13, 2017 by patmathews

Lovely ending to another perfect day!

Posted in Central America, January | 1 Comment

Golfito, Costa Rica

Posted on January 12, 2017 by patmathews

January 12, 2017 I had a lovely birthday celebration last evening. First, Vishant, our butler, arrived with canapes. Then, we had dinner in Toscana, the Italian restaurant on board, with two other couples, one from Stowe, VT  and one from … Continue reading →

Posted in Central America, January | 3 Comments

Panama Canal

Posted on January 11, 2017 by patmathews

January 11, 2017 What a great way to celebrate a birthday! We have been through the Canal before but it was many years ago.  I remember thinking what an engineering marvel it  was then and my feelings have not changed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Central America, January | 11 Comments

At sea (longer than expected)!

Posted on January 10, 2017 by patmathews

January 8 We had a lovely day at sea yesterday.  Of course before we sailed we had the obligatory lifeboat drill.  I think we could do it all from memory by now, but do it we must and hope we … Continue reading →

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Cartagena, Colombia

Posted on January 10, 2017 by patmathews

January 10, 2017 Ok, first thing to say today is that I can’t get my pictures to download.  This is due to the slow and spotty internet connection right now and I will post them when I can get them … Continue reading →

Posted in Excursions, January, South America | 1 Comment

Aboard the Oceania Insignia

Posted on January 6, 2017 by patmathews

January 6, 2017 We were greeted at the port by the President and CEO of Oceania Cruise lines, Bob Binder, who is from Allentown, PA! He had one of the crew take our picture with him and we chatted for … Continue reading →

Posted in At Sea, January, North America, World Cruise 2 | 17 Comments

Today’s the day!

Posted on January 6, 2017 by patmathews

We are in Miami staying at the Intercontinental Hotel, and we can see our ship in port waiting for us to arrive. We will be taken to the ship at noon and we sail at 6 PM.  Will post from … Continue reading →

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4 weeks to go!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by patmathews

Hi there – just 4 weeks from today we set sail for our second world cruise.  I had so much fun writing the blog on the first one that I am planning to do it again. Our second itinerary is … Continue reading →

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Home… back in Philadelphia

Posted on January 4, 2016 by patmathews

January 4 Coming home. We had to wait a while to disembark this morning but then we got our baggage and proceeded through customs which was really easy.  I had prepared a spreadsheet with our purchases and we thought we … Continue reading →

Posted in January, North America, World Cruise 1 | 12 Comments

Key West, Florida

Posted on January 4, 2016 by patmathews

January 3 Well, I am writing this post from home in Philadelphia and I cannot believe how much easier it is with fast internet service! We have spent lots of time in Key West so our day was fun just … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, January, North America, World Cruise 1 | 2 Comments