Category Archives: Hot Hot Hot 2016

A Kind of Magic – Tenerife, Canary Islands – [04/13/2016]

It took me a while to realize that I’d been to Tenerife before – it feels like a much longer time ago than it actually was. IT was only a year or so back, but so much seems to have … Continue reading

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Unexpected Circles – Lisbon, Portugal – [04/10/2016]

Not all bus tours are created equal – particularly not if it’s raining! While the one in Cadiz took my breath away, the same type of tour in Lisbon not so much – at least not at first. And I … Continue reading

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Sunshine and Oranges – Cadiz, Spain – [04/02/2016]

I always forget how beautiful Cadiz is until I come here again. Perhaps it’s the weather; I’ve yet to come when it is anything less than glorious sunshine. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Cadiz in the rain. As I … Continue reading

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Memories of Glass Slippers – At Sea – [02/28/2016]

When I left the flagship I thought I had left a lot of things behind, including the Grand Balls. Huge glittering affairs full of fancyfetti, glimmer curtains and what always felt like hours of decorating, although by the time I … Continue reading

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“Be Home In Time For Supper” – St. Lucia, Castries – [02/26/2016]

This is the future! You can either fight it, or you can rock out to it! ~ Hairspray Sometimes, you simply need to get away, away from the drama and the drills (this morning’s ran nearly a full hour and … Continue reading

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Kick up Your Heels – At Sea – [02/25/2016]

There was a time when I didn’t know how to line dance; after five years of line dancing on a fairly regular basis I now find this hard to believe, but I do know it to be true. Despite the … Continue reading

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Window to Normality – Manaus, Brazil – [02/19/2016]

Sometimes in this crazy life, when the stress level builds to boiling, all you need is a little bit of what passes for normal. In the middle of brazil, the western concept of ‘normal’ isn’t exactly the easiest thing to … Continue reading

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In the Jungle – Amazon River & Boca Del Valeria – [02/18/2016]

Let me begin by telling you this: the amazon is not what you think it is. It is so wide that at times it feels less like you’re sailing on a river and more like you’re transversing a particularly muddy … Continue reading

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Oh My Head – At Sea – [02/14/2016]

Six times “X” how complex Add, subtract and multiply Till we’re overcome This is much too hard for me I can’t do the sum Logically I am aware that I’m a smart woman and that if presented with a script … Continue reading

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Transitioning – At Sea – [02/10/2016]

Finishing the job you’re in when you already know you’re going somewhere c completely different in just a few weeks is a very odd place to be. For the most part I am over the moon, although apparently some part … Continue reading

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