Category Archives: At Sea

At sea.  Some random musings

Posted on January 16, 2017 by patmathews

January 16, 2017 We are on our way to Acapulco, Mexico and have a day at sea today.  We enjoy these sea days and sometimes have too many things that we want to do.  Today, after breakfast, I did my … Continue reading →

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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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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 →

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Cruising the Caribbean Sea

Posted on January 4, 2016 by patmathews

January 2 We had a terrific and emotional day. First, the ship hosted a mimosa party for the world cruise group with lovely food and the mimosas.  Andy, our cruise director, composed a song for us, and we were invited to … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Posted on December 24, 2015 by patmathews

December 24 What is Christmas like on a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic? Image courtesy of Idea go at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Lots going on for sure.  We are getting cards and presents from some of our new friends. They have assembled … Continue reading →

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At sea, cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Posted on December 16, 2015 by patmathews

December 16 I haven’t done a lot of posts while we are at sea, as the activities and rest are pretty much the same.  But today is an exception for several reasons. First, last night I actually got a shot … Continue reading →

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At sea, cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Posted on December 9, 2015 by patmathews

December 9 When we got back to the ship from Luanda yesterday, we heard lots of stories about Angola.  John Freedman, one of our enrichment lecturers, said that the two most corrupt countries in the world are Haiti and Angola. … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Mozambique Channel

Posted on November 23, 2015 by patmathews

November 22 We had a lovely restful day at sea today, I did enter the blackjack tournament – placed third. I have entered three so far, placed third twice and second once.  Will I get to be first between here … Continue reading →

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Colombo, Sri Lanka and cruising the Indian Ocean

Posted on November 10, 2015 by patmathews

November 8 I am posting this on November 10 since I tried for quite a while yesterday.  The internet service was really bad and I couldn’t even get the site to come up to do posting!  But today it seems … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Indian Ocean

Posted on November 7, 2015 by patmathews

November 7 Yesterday at sea the captain, Jurica Brajcic, did a talk on piracy.  Tomorrow we will enter another piracy zone and he did a great job explaining the history and all about the decline of piracy, the reasons for … Continue reading →

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