Off We Go Again!

We're presently in a hotel room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, preparing to board a cruise ship in a couple of hours.  We spent most of the day yesterday on an airplane, traveling from California to Florida, with a stop in Houston.  Air travel isn't fun anymore, with TSA and the airline industry teaming up to make it as uncomfortable and unpleasant as possible.

But, enough about that, our adventure begins today.  We're sailing on the Emerald Princess to Europe.  Yes, Princess is owned by the same company as the Costa ship on its side in the Mediterranean, but we're not concerned.  We've sailed on Princess many times and have had a great time.

From Fort Lauderdale, we sail east for five days to the Azores Islands, where we'll spend a day in Porta Delgado, the main port city.  From there we'll head to Ireland, Cornwall, France, England, Holland, Norway and Denmark, where we'll disembark after 15 days.  We plan to spend about a week in the Copenhagen area, returning home on Friday, May 18th.

While we're away, having a local beer in every port, our good friend and cat tamer, Brenda, will be  staying in our home, making sure that our cats, Bella and Cocoa, are getting the love that they demand.

While we're on the ship, internet access can be good or bad, but the one sure thing is that it'll be expensive.  So, our posts from the ship are likely to be brief, and will probably not have many pictures.  We'll catch up once we're off the ship.

Stay tuned for more!

Tom & Debbie