We're here in Miami to start our next adventure - and what an adventure it will be. Fifty days (yes, that's 50; FIVE-ZERO) days on board the Oceania Riviera starting in Miami tomorrow and ending in Ravenna, Italy on May 7th! It won't be our longest cruise ever - that was 54 days from Sydney to Miami in 2015. But 50 days should help ease our cruising withdrawal that resulted from Covid. We start with 2 days at sea before a day in Bermuda and then it's 6 days at sea before we arrive in Lisbon. So there might not be much exciting blogging going on during that leg of the trip but we are very excited to be getting on board and hopefully being able to ignore the lousy news that is so prevalent due to that monster Putin.
We were able to fly out of Long Beach which is always a good way to start a trip rather than flying out of LAX.
We came to Miami a day early to see Linda's cousins, Jerry and Terry. Hey, everybody's got a cousin in Miami (thank you Jimmy Buffet). Unfortunately, Terry was unable to join us for lunch as he's been struggling through a health issue but we were surprised by having Linda's brother show up for lunch. And a fine 2-1/2 hour waterside lunch. Get well Terry!
This time around, I am going to end each blog post with a quip. The source of these quips is the 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior that were composed by French Jesuits in 1595 and that George Washington copied out by hand at the age of sixteen. I discovered these rules in reading the novel Rules of Civility by the excellent author Amor Towles. Thanks to my dear friend Charlie Slater for introducing me to Towles. I definitely recommend his other 2 novels - A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway.
So, for today's rule and this is a particularly good one for a cruise passenger! Rule #7: Put not off your cloths in the presence of others, nor go out your chamber half dressed. I continually have to remind Linda of that rule! You would think that she would understand that after seeing this one evening on a ship:
Peace and blessings,
Linda and Larry
Have fun!
ReplyDeleteHooray for you! All sounds wonderful. How nice to see Michael, my 1968 work-mate. I have Oceania in August and two Tauck trips in May and late June. Hope psycho upheaval doesn't affect plans.
ReplyDeleteBtw, A Gentleman Moscow is an all time favorite. Good choice!
Bon Voyage...Much love, Maddy
Bon voyage! Excited to read the blog along the way!
ReplyDeleteBon Voyage! We leave for Barcelona on April 6th, for our Grandsons wedding and are joining the Insignia in Istanbul a week later. Will be on until May 17th. We are doing the Adriatic and Med. Soooo excited to be back on Oceania. Safe sailing. Stay in touch. ❤️❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your trip! If I had seen that guy, I think I would have been scarred for life!
ReplyDelete--Cousin Cheryl
It is so good to receive mention in the Blog. If you run out of rules of civility, we can look in Towles's other novels. The rules are not numbered, but the pages are filled with wise advice.
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