Category Archives: Grand World Voyage 2012

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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All At Once, One Day….. – At Sea – [04/08/2012]

Posted on April 10, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I’m at a loss as to how it has come to be Easter so quickly. Ostara itself flashed past me in a blur this year, leaving me with no choice but to mutter an apology well after we were far … 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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In Gratitude – At Sea/Safaga, Egypt – [04/04/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I do not have friends, I have people who stubbornly refuse to abandon me. Silver said that to me ages ago, now I realize just how true it is really. After everything I have put my ‘unicorns’, my anchor chains … Continue reading →

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Splashdance – At Sea – [04/03/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Those of you who have actually sailed with my particular line before may think you’ve been to a Lido deck Pool Party. The truth is though, unless you’ve been sailing with us a long time, you haven’t. Not a real … Continue reading →

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Playing for Keeps… – At Sea – [03/31/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

The problem with being the last of anything is that eventually there’ll be none left at all. The world used to be bigger Jack. No…no the world’s the same… there’s just less in it. ~Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s … Continue reading →

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Bombay Love – At Sea – [03/31/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

Planets are colliding Fantasies are flying There’s simply no denying That you are my Bombay love… Ah, India night. Take one librarian, apply 6 yards of high quality silk, one hot curling iron, a slap-dash of make-up, allow for an … Continue reading →

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Apple Blossom Time – At Sea – [03/30/2012]

Posted on April 6, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I heard the florists behind me before I saw them, our florists on board are amazing – able to put through an order to any other ship in the fleet no questions asked, and moreover, able to turn the most … Continue reading →

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Avast! – Mumbai – [03/29/2012]

Posted on March 30, 2012 by GypsyShaughnessy

I think it would be quite exciting to meet a pirate! Think again Miss Swann… Hollywood has given us a very idealized version of pirates, one that is likely very very different from what they actually were and is most … Continue reading →

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