December 17, 10:10 a.m. — Land mass off the forward bow, Cap’n. Assume it is Cuba. It had better be. #

Official second day... I imagine the giant image at the top of the grand staircase will change with each port of call — all 64 of them!...

The view from my balcony about 5 hours after embarking from Miami. Heading for... Cuba! They had to change the original plan and we will...

Sherpa Susan.… the backpack holds the Ukulele… the black bag holds the computers and dirty laundry… the vest holds everything else! < at...

I wrote this last month, in anticipation of Embarkation Day — which has arrived! I’ve never been on a cruise and I don’t come from a...

Official Day #1 was consumed by Transit. Today, #2, is the real start of the trip. A full day in Miami with a Viking-arranged city bus...

Up since 4, so this will be short. Only event was arriving at the Loews Miami South Beach and they’d never heard of me. They managed to...

It’s 11:15 and I‘m eating dinner... very Spanish! Around 3 a.m. I may regret this. But the fridge is totally empty, the kitchen floor...