One of my friends recently told me that sometimes in this new homeschooling world their family – kids included – will read my blog. So I asked what they might be interested in reading about and they wanted to know about what animals I had seen. So, Addie and Cailin, here it is – a…
This is my story of living on board a cruise ship during the coronavirus epidemic. Our ship is healthy, does not have COVID-19, and has now disembarked all of the passengers. We are currently making our way to Fort Lauderdale from Fremantle, Australia. (You read that right – literally half way around the world.) This…
My thoughts on boredom: There are so many people, sometimes crew members, sometimes people on land – but never passengers – who ask me “What do you do all day? What are you going to do for three months? Aren’t you going to get bored?” Now, growing up my mom consistently used the phrase…
Today my friend and I were walking towards the Edinburgh Castle. For so many people they would consider that a Once In a Lifetime Experience. Edinburgh. Scotland. Castles. Bagpipes. Woohoo! For me it certainly isn’t, as I spend a good chunk of my year in Scotland, and for this friend I certainly don’t think it…
We have had… heat, and a lot of it. New Zealand was fairly comfortable in temperature for the most part (probably about 65 F or 18 C), but as we got to Australia it has gotten hot (probably about 85 F or 32 C) and humid, soooo incredibly humid. Alright, what have we been up…
Alright – the last couple of weeks… So, I joined the Amsterdam with Stuart down in Lima, Peru, the port city of which is called Callao and is about 25 minutes from where the airport is. Flying down wasn’t too bad – it was three flights between Vermont and Peru, stopping in Washington, D.C., and…
