Boating today…Hoping to see wildlife at sea!…
Bananas are grown everywhere on the island, many farmed for resale while others for personal use. This morning at 9 am, we're...
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Upcoming changes in our lives for over 66 days…Hotels and ships…
Yesterday, we noticed this flower growing in our yard, as it breaks free of its pod. Once again, we begin the process...
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An add-on to the itinerary…What could we possibly add to two years of bookings?…
"Got any treats?" he asks. Sorry, we no longer carry pellets in our pockets. With little wildlife on the island we...
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Coincidence!…Yesterday’s haircut for Tom in Ribeira Brava, Madeira, Portugal…One year ago to the date, haircut for Tom in Pescia, Italy!…
Tom waits in the salon chair for his haircut. Yesterday, we took off for two reasons; one, Tom was curious to...
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Twenty more days and we’re off again…How quickly the time flies…
Our favorite photo from yesterday's outing. Look at the gorgeous fuzzy buds. After days and days of research and fine-tuning, rental terms...
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Exciting new location!…An exquisite private villa, exclusively for our pleasure!…Welcome to Post #700!..
This is a view of the pool and the sea at the exquisite private home, we'll be renting in 2016. It's...
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A second booking in Fiji…Keeping it all straight…A year ago, puffy clouds in the mountains…
Photo of beach at our second Fiji house. After booking the house on the island of Savusavu, Fiji for 89 days ending...
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Another cruise itinerary, prices and details for a new booking on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas…A year ago…a recipe…
Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas is a larger capacity ship with cabins for 3835 passengers than yesterday's posted Celebrity Solstice's ...
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Cruise itinerary, prices and details for a new booking on the Celebrity Solstice…
Celebrity is our favorite cruise line. This is the ship we'll sail on for 14 nights beginning on January 5, 2016,...
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Part 2…Booking cruises, competitive prices…How we book our cruises…
Even a cloudy day has some appeal. Yesterday, we described two important elements to booking cruises, one, "determining the starting prices"...
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