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July 2, 2009

Last port today

July 1....was our 9th wedding anniversary and we recieved from the dinning staff champaign and a beautiful cake. This is the first time we have had to share a table but we were very lucky! The couple...
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June 28, 2009

Ports of call

1st Port Penang just of the North West coast of Malaysia and measuring 15 miles long by nine miles wide and encircled by a 48 mile long coast road. It is connected to Malaysia by an eight...
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H1N1 Influenza A

Maybe interesting to those medical people or other travelers in the family Gerry was required as crew to get a flu shot described as a Southern Hemisphere shot contracted to the one we get in the US....
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June 20, 2009

Serious situation boarding Princess

We arrive at the Port...Sun Princess is in and unloading passangers. Excited! Hold on......excitement turned to frustration and then rather concerning fear as several situations presented and hours passed.. Gerry,s name appeared on no crew list We...
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Adventure around Perth before boarding

1. Perth, Australia was really nice. They have a beautiful Bell Tower, A huge Farris Wheel (like in London) as well as a beautiful Park called Kings Park. Jeff - the park reminded me of the one...
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June 15, 2009

Arrived safely

After leaving at 7 pm for LAX finally arrived some 30 hours later is Perth. We both walked out of the sir port looking like plane chairs LOL only no so funny. We went through customs in...
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June 1, 2009

Numbers for trip

Gerry and I are working another Bridge Cruise We will be pretty busy as several days at sea in a row. Once again I will be exercising and hoping to see a flying fish as that is...
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December 31, 2008

fact/feeling

1. Today I finally saw a bird....1 flying bird! I I felt like Noah's wife except the bird did not have a stem in it's beak for sighting of land. 2. Our room has a port hole...
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December 24, 2008

The Night Before Christmas

So it is the night before Christmas and all through ship some creatures are stiring in the computer room, bridge lecture and tonight even caroling on the lobby steps. However we too are waiting for good old...
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December 1, 2008

Holiday Plans

Gerry has successfully been hired by another Bridge travel opportunity So my birthday and Christmas will be spent traveling. The Princess line allowes employees to even do air travel under a global marine travel situation with allows...
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October 26, 2008

Bridge/cards rather than driving!

Just returned from a Bridge Cruise to Mexico. With the current economy we find this a great way to travel. Better than hopping freight trains. LOL We, once again, had a cabin in crew quarters...4th floor...some elevators...
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June 5, 2008

California Poppies and Joshua Trees

A fun travel close to home to see California's State Flower...right, the poppy. Then a little further down the road was a small reserve of Joshua trees. It's the neat things in our own backyard that we...
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June 1, 2008

Packed my bags and ready to go...

On Monday we leave on a Bridge Cruise to the Baltic on the Royal Caribbean's ship, Jewel of the Sea. We have not traveled on this ship before. The ship leaves from Harwick, England located 98 miles...
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October 29, 2007

Hawaiian trip//Malibu Fires

Recently we went on a Princess Ship to Hawaii and Gerry was the Bridge Director so our trip was free. We met some very nice people and Gerry was a "hit". I played a good second fiddle...
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August 1, 2007

the earth on it's axes

We were in Adrian, Michigan for a surprise birthday party for Gerry's sister. While there she took us to a farmer who has a dairy farm. In his spare time he creates sculptures out of old...
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