One Sunday evening at the kitchen table we were juggling ideas for the winter vacation. After making notes of various options and itineraries, we ended up booking a MSC Armonia cruise to Havana from Miami. The culturally rich island with a strange, colorful and also somewhat sad history was included with a tempting 2 days … More Cruise To Havana from Miami: What to expect at arrival
Jamaica’s national fruit ackee is pretty to watch, but if eaten raw, super poisonous. The hypoglycin of the fruit can be leathal, and even when ripe (the ripe fruit opens itself indicating it’s edible), the only edible part is the yellow part. Don’t eat the poisonous seeds, avoid munching the peel as well. As we … More On Island Time in Jamaica
Catalina island soaks in the sun in the Pacific Ocean, just outside Los Angeles. Just like us, many visitors come on a cruise. Catalina’s township of Avalon is a pittoresque, relaxing seaside gem, no wonder the mainlanders enjoy taking a fast ferry here for a weekend getaway. Our day consisted of a guided Segway tour … More Catalina Island Quiz
Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Baja California with a taxi driver, what a day! … More Cabo San Lucas with a Taxi Driver
We will take a Pacific cruise from Long Beach, California in November. As we have made preparations for the trip (to do -lists are impressive), we’ve also been taking the memory lane back to our earlier cruises with Mexican ports. Carnival Victory: Cozumel Our first cruise with a Mexican port on board of Carnival Victory … More Cruise memories of Mexico
We were, to be honest, more than a little uncomfortable with the idea of cruising inside one, same ship for days at first. We were not convinced of the fun of cruising. Maybe because we live in a port city of Turku and the about 24-hour cruise ships taking people to and from Stockholm and … More 4 Cruise Planning Tips
