Category: On the Road

2025 Sky Princess Cruise from Ft.Lauderdale to Southampton, England

Our first transatlantic cruise in 2022 was mostly the result of a Covid test gone lopsided, which prevented us from flying to Curaçao in the southern Caribbean. It was meant for a two wee trip to Barcelona. However before we arrived in Barcelona on that first cruise, the bug already got us and we booked …

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The Road Leading Up to our 2025 International Travels

This offseason had to be scheduled a bit different since TJ needed some facial skin procedures as a result of cancerous spots. Since we did not know the length of the recovery process we decided to have the procedure done early in November in Petoskey, so that everything could properly heal prior to traveling.  Less …

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AirBNB’ing Our Stomping Grounds on St.Martin

For our winter travels we decided this year on a monthlong Airbnb’ing our Stomping Grounds on St.Martin in the West Indies. We left our life on St.Maarten where we had met in 2004, during the Great Recession in 2008/09 as the economy had decimated tourism and consequently our internet related marketing and promotion businesses. Han …

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Arriving at New York’s JFK Airport as Covid 19 is on the Rise

Back in the Netherlands from our Portugal trip – the return flight from Faro with KLM subsidiary airline Transavia encountered foggy skies in Eindhoven and we were redirected to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Facing the option of being transported to Eindhoven by bus from Amsterdam, which could take several hours past midnight, we decided to take …

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Christmas Markets of Western Europe

The Christmas markets of Western Europe are something I have never experienced before, and quite the experience they are. Even if you are not a shopper, the decorations are magnificent to see in person. The pictures are definitely not like seeing it in person, but for the most part I will have to let them do …

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