tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1849668171044828512023-11-16T13:00:40.418-04:00The Gangway GazetteLove cruising or just trying it for the first time? Get the inside scoop on many Caribbean and European ports of call.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-85201802647893339582016-05-10T20:34:00.001-03:002016-05-10T20:37:24.922-03:00MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE 2015 - BARCELONA, SPAINMONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015
Spanish architecture
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Mountains filled with granite. This is where much of the granite tiles and countertops come from!
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2015
Another early morning
start as the ship would be docking by 7am.
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-8117639408583596952014-06-27T13:08:00.000-03:002014-06-27T13:10:21.823-03:00CRUISE 2014 - FINAL DAYS (ST. LUCIA, AT SEA & SAN JUAN)DAY 7 - ST. LUCIA
It was a day that we
planned to not do much. Since we had
been to St. Lucia several times before and knew that most things that we would
want to do would be very costly and take the entire day...and that St. Lucia is not really known for its
beaches, we had decided to make it a low-key day spent mostly on the ship.
Breakfast overlooking Castries
I woke early and Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-20658007300196609482014-06-23T20:11:00.002-03:002014-06-23T20:13:11.931-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 6 - MARTINIQUE, LESSER ANTILLESWe were really looking
forward to being back on the island of Martinique. We
had stopped there a couple of times on previous cruises, but that was over 10
years ago and we hadn’t been back since.
I was up early so I
could see the ship docking at the pier in Fort-de-France and get some
pictures of the lovely town. Martinique
is a French holding and has a higher standard of Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-64044928489802217572014-06-21T09:48:00.000-03:002014-06-21T09:48:00.657-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 5 - ANTIGUA, WEST INDIES
We woke to a bit of
rain this morning but it cleared up quite quickly and the sun came out. The ship was docked in St. John’s, Antigua
and we were up early because we knew there were going to be four cruise ships
in port that day….along with approximately 9,600 passengers and things would be very busy. We had
breakfast and were off the ship by 10am.
We walked Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-3959744134881748582014-06-20T09:26:00.000-03:002014-06-21T09:59:02.804-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 4 - ST. CROIX, US VIRGIN ISLANDSAnother leisurely
start to the day today. The ship was docked in Frederiksted, St. Croix. After breakfast,
we headed off the ship around 10:15am and caught the free shuttle running from
the ship to the welcome area. No
judging, please…it was a very long pier J
We had read a lot of negative comments about St. Croix - that it was dirty and unsafe and the people were not Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-53703488634392750842014-06-19T09:13:00.000-03:002014-06-19T09:13:08.681-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 3 - ST. THOMAS, US VIRGIN ISLANDSWe woke up to another gorgeous, sunny
morning. Our plan for this cruise was
quite different than past cruises. We
had no real schedule or excursions planned and were open to whatever tickled
our fancy for each day. We wanted to
relax, recharge and enjoy the sun and sand!
The view from the ship - Charlotte Amalie is almost directly across the harbour
After some breakfast at Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-14115558442985112422014-06-18T19:25:00.004-03:002014-06-18T20:52:45.388-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 2 - SAN JUAN, PR - EMBARKATIONA beautiful sunny morning welcomed us and I
spent some time writing in my travel journal and eating a muffin while enjoying the
sun and warm breeze at a café table on the small patio.
Open shutters let in the morning breeze
The lovely little patio
The night before, word got down to the 4th
floor that we were sailing on the Jewel of the Seas the following day and a
fellow cruiser Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-41192818867837307492014-06-16T10:00:00.002-03:002014-06-18T19:31:04.159-03:00CRUISE 2014 - DAY 1 - WEST PALM BEACH TO SAN JUAN, PR
We began our next cruise adventure
in a leisurely way instead of a very early morning wake-up call in order to get
to the airport in time for an early flight.
We got up at a reasonable time and finished packing and drove the hour
to West Palm Beach Airport in time for our 12:10pm flight to San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
We were thankful to be
able to enjoy a JetBlue flight. It hasAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-36756399763085697492013-04-12T21:02:00.001-03:002013-04-12T21:23:37.871-03:00CRUISE 2013 - DAY 7 SINT MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN
Our final stop was one of our most favorite islands - Sint Maarten/St. Martin. Half Dutch and half French and an incredibly beautiful island with lots of stellar beaches to enjoy. We have talked about coming back to the island for a week's holiday as you can also take a ferry to Anguilla and Saba is nearby as well...plus they have great local transportation so you could get Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-11650889063734666242013-04-10T10:23:00.001-03:002013-04-10T10:49:09.462-03:00CRUISE 2013 - DAY 6 ST KITTS
We didn’t have much planned for St. Kitts as we figured we
would want to slow day after our day on St. Lucia. We slept in and after breakfast, I got my
stuff together and headed up to the Serenity area (adults only) to relax and
read for awhile.
We got off the ship around 11am and went to find an internet
café. We always buy internet time on the
ship because we need to Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-36300786274175153192013-04-09T17:06:00.001-03:002013-04-10T09:30:04.479-03:00CRUISE 2013 - DAY 5 - ST LUCIA
There are two cruise ship docks in Castries and when we woke up on Day 5, we realized that the ship was berthed at La Place Carenage instead of at Pointe Seraphine where we have always been docked on previous stops on St. Lucia. Fortunately, they are just across the bay from each other. We were hoping that our tour guide, Herod, would be aware of the change and meet us at the right Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-8414892048136441782013-04-06T13:46:00.000-03:002013-04-10T09:28:09.496-03:00CRUISE 2013 - DAYS 3 & 4 - AT SEA & BARBADOS
Our previous day was the only sea day on the cruise. We just spent the day relaxing, reading and chatting with some fellow passengers we met. I had a migraine hit later in the day so I spent the evening in bed, drugged up with a bag of ice on my head. Fortunately, it didn't hit with full force and was gone when I woke up the next morning.
We started our day with a goodAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-48459580245753671902013-04-02T17:19:00.002-03:002013-04-10T10:44:13.456-03:00CRUISE 2013 - DAY 2 ST THOMAS, USVI
Good morning, St. Thomas!! One of our very favorite Caribbean islands. This is one island we would like to come to for an entire week. You can easily catch a ferry to St. John, Tortola or St. Croix from St. Thomas so you could be as busy, or not, as you prefer.
We were supposed to meet our tablemates from last night on the pier as they wanted to go to Honeymoon Beach with us.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-82316531289946002212013-04-02T16:56:00.003-03:002013-04-06T13:50:57.189-03:00CARNIVAL VALOR - SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE DAY 1 SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
After a few days in Florida visiting Mom and Dad, our cruise vacation began with an early morning flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
We left West Palm Beach at 7:30am and were on the ground in San Juan just after 9:30am. There have been some improvements to the airport since we were there a couple of years ago as a whole new section has been added.
After picking upAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-1373016223535582052011-02-19T11:16:00.003-04:002012-04-12T22:13:03.911-03:00Cruise 2011 - Day 8/9 SAN JUAN, PR & HOMEFAREWELL CARNIVAL VICTORY!!!
"End of cruise" faces
It was bittersweet to wake up for the final time on the Carnival Victory. I love being rocked to sleep on the waves but all good things must come to an end and it is always nice to get back home. We were up around 7:45am and packed up the last of our remaining luggage and went to the dining room for breakfast. We took our time as our Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184966817104482851.post-64637540476660986922011-02-17T11:12:00.012-04:002013-04-12T21:23:03.954-03:00Cruise 2011 - Day 7 SINT MAARTEN/ST. MARTIN
Our final stop on this fantastic cruise and it was at my absolute favorite island – St. Martin. This island is actually split into two parts – one owned by the Netherlands (Sint Maarten-Dutch) and the other is owned by France (St. Martin-French). You can pass easily between each side – there are no checkpoints or obvious borders. Most ships dock in Philipsburg on the Dutch side.
We wereAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167372452503613560noreply@blogger.com1