Category Archives: Ports of Call

Commencing Countdown – Barcelona – [04/16/2012]

Posted on April 16, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

11 more days left. By the numbers anyway, today was day 101, with the last day being 112. At the moment the actual number of days left doesn’t line up with the calendar count, because we’ve still got several time … Continue reading →

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Ding, Dang, Dong – Messina, Sicily – [04/12/2012]

Posted on April 12, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I wish I could stay here longer but the bells remind me of time,  ‘ding, dang dong’ goes the bell instead of ‘ding dong’…wish you were here – Under the Tuscan Sun It’s easy for me to forget how much … Continue reading →

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Grecian Urns – Katakolan, Greece – [04/11/2012]

Posted on April 12, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Katakolon was the very first port outside of the Alaska run that I ever visited. The pictures I have of me here show me still in my shipboard uniform, because I only had twenty minutes shore-leave and didn’t have time … Continue reading →

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Of Weeping Marble – Athens – [04/09/2012]

Posted on April 10, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

It is raining atop the rock of the Acropolis, a light drizzle that slicks the marble steps and makes the ancient walls of the Parthenon shimmer. If you were able to get close enough to them, I’m sure the women … Continue reading →

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Turning Points – Suez Canal – [04/07/2012]

Posted on April 10, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Transiting the Suez Canal is one of those things that is exotic only when you think about what it is you’re actually doing. Otherwise it’s very easy to look out the window and see the fields and buildings sliding by … Continue reading →

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Draw Back the Curtain – Safaga, Egypt – [04/05/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Tours to the Valley of the Kings always start early, it’s a long drive from Safaga out to Luxor. A lot of us make the trek, despite being exhausted and gritty eyed from the crew party and BBQ the night … Continue reading →

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Touching Lives – Columbo, Shri Lanka – [03/24/2012]

Posted on March 30, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

“Don’t you see Becky? It is only chance that I am not you and you are not me, only chance” – Sara Crew, A Little Princess Sometimes it takes a bit to jolt you into the realization of how lucky … Continue reading →

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Down to the Nitty Gritty – At Sea – [03/22/2012]

Posted on March 23, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Since a few people have asked, and since it doesn’t fit in with any other entry, a few updates on the basic facts of where I am and where I’m going in this crazy long voyage. We are currently on … Continue reading →

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Silk, Sweat and Saffron – Singapore/Little India – [03/19/2012]

Posted on March 20, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I would normally save the title for Bombay, since the phrase “silk, sweat and saffron” really is India, if you could sum India up in a phrase. But Singapore happened to come first on the itinerary, and I needed to … Continue reading →

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Shrouded – Nha Trang, Vietnam – [03/14/2012]

Posted on March 14, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Why is it that every time we drop anchor in Vietnam it’s misty?  Possibly the same reason I always wake with aches and pains I didn’t have the night before, and why I’m slightly dazed and distracted all day long. … Continue reading →

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