2023 Spring Atlantic Crossing

Never been to Miami before, but that’s where the cruise started. So after a delightful Air Canada flight we were whisked to the Miami Port Holiday Inn. It was surprisingly pleasant. There is a bar/restaurant so we shared a salad and had a couple of meh shrimp sandwiches, plus some wine. A bit pricey but not too many choices

Slept in comfortably and had a ten minute/$20 “limo” to pier J, to meet up with the Marina. It is certainly a couple of cuts up from the other Oceania cruises we’ve been on. It was built in 2011 and was “reinvisioned “ recently. The cabins are roomy, the staff are superbly trained and polite, and there is plenty of room. This is due in part to the fact that it is a repositioning cruise rather than a comprehensive tour. Our objective was to have two weeks of hassle free time with no cooking or chores, without the stress of two airports snd luggage handling in 24 hours. Price -wise, it’s close to a wash.

The itinerary was to be Nassau, Bermuda, and Azores. That was scrubbed Friday due to nasty weather around Bermuda, so now we are hostages on the Ship of the Foolish, taking a full week to cross the Atlantic. That’s quite alright. The entertainment is professional, the menus are good and varied. The only minor aggravation is losing an hour every few.days as we head east. Tough. A Disney ship was docked in Nassau; it was huge and filled with noisy kids and equally noisy relatives. They swarmed off the ship like starving rats.I walked into town for a styling brush, antacids, and a hat. One of the three was for me.

During the day we hang out and read near the pool. The sun is brilliant. I need new sunglasses. Right now there is a Brazilian pop band playing and they are loud and good.

That’s it for today. Changing publishing tools and trying out WordPress which is more geared to blogs etc. than Apple’s Pages. We’ll see how it goes. Stay safe, and sneeze in your sleeve, if sneeze you must.