So, I'm going to blabber about my upcoming cruise

[seadoug]

@seadoug you mentioned being in Halifax on a cruise. Did you visit the "Atlantic Marine Museum" when you were there? It's a super interesting place to wander around for a couple of hours and right down there near the large promenade by the dowtown waterfront. Many exhibits of the general history of shipping in the Atlantic Ocean as well as a pretty extensive exhibit of Titanic artifacts. Many of the recovered bodies from the Titanic were brought to Halifax. There are two seperate cemeteries in Halifax dedicated to those victims.

No, we didn't make it to the museum but we did linger at the cemetery to read some of the headstones. We are trying to get the family to sail Canada/New England and we will put it on the list!

 

[OneEyedDiva]

We have good friends that we met on an Asia cruise in 2019. We've visited their home in CA a couple of times. We've tried to organize follow-up cruises. We made it on one Alaska cruise a few years ago and it was a blast. They love the "adventure" stuff so we took a small boat out to a major glacier. Things we'd never done before. We tried for a follow-up to the Caribbean but one of them came down with the flu.

So, we booked a cruise on March 28 out of San Diego to Mexico. Not the parts that were affected by the cartels. Cabo San Lucas, Loreto and one other port. A few days at sea. So now hubs is working and doesn't have vacation time so I'm going solo. I've only traveled by myself one other time since I retired in 2020, on a Caribbean cruise when he was working. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Mostly read a lot and enjoyed the food and entertainment. I don't mind dining alone. I just bring my phone and play my word puzzles.

I'm leaving on March 26 for San Diego and will spend the following day there before boarding the ship. It is such a scenic city and the weather is great this time of year. I will then meet them at the ship. We're all disappointed that hubs isn't going, but I can't wait to spend time with them. They are great, down-to-earth guys that sold their businesses in banking and tech and retired in their 50's. They just travel all over the world now. (We were not nearly as lucky. Hubs just went back to work at 60.) Since one spent years in the financial sector, I'm sure we will have some interesting conversations about what is going on right now in the economy and markets.

I haven't really thought about it until today, when I started putting clothes aside. Now I'm excited!

Fantastic Doug! It's too bad your husband can't go but good thing you have no qualms about traveling solo. You'll have company (when you desire) once you meet up with your friends. It's also a good thing you are flying out early, what with the crazy stuff happening with airport delays now. I'm sure you'll tell us all about your trip and have pictures to share after you return. Safe travels my friend and have a blast.