First Dinner on The Norwegian Sky

The Crossings Main Dining Room

Crab wontons

Greek Salad

Crab cake.  Counting the crab cake(s) became a running joke.

Spinach Walnut Salad

Shrimp alfredo

NY Strip Steak

Grilled Salmon

Creme Brule

Chocolate tart

Away We Go On Our Cruise to Cuba

EWR > MIA > Port of Miami > M/S Norwegian Sky

Amy and I are taking a cruise to Cuba with our friends from The Woodlands, Dianne and John Lundgren.  We are looking forward to traveling with friends.  It should be a great experience.

We start with an early morning Uber ride to Newark Liberty Airport to catch our 6am American Airlines flight to Miami.

Newark Liberty Airport

Arriving in Miami we missed joining Dianne and John at the airport by about 10 minutes.  We took the Norweigan shuttle bus to the ship as they waited for their luggage.  We will see them on aboard the Norwegian Sky.

Once aboard, we settled on the pool deck, where John and Dianne joined us.

Amy killing the pain with the first cocktail aboard.

Basic well-drinks are free aboard the Norwegian Sky.

Lunch was at the Garden Buffet

Some of the sights while leaving the Port of Miami:

We had dinner in the Main Dining Room: next post.

Let's Review the SA Cruise

Wow. What a trip to plan.  Let's review:

• Half the days are “At Sea"
• Christmas Day is in a port - what will be open?
• This trip is almost entirely in the roaring 40s and the furious 50s
• The internet of full of stories of missed ports because of weather
• My mother had a story about boarding the ship AFTER one of these cruises
• Airfare is pricey
• Add the shore excursions and bar tab
• We are talking serious money now!!
• We might as well go to the Galapagos Islands for a week.

Our Winter 2017-18 Planning

We are planning our Winter Getaway for over the Christmas and New Year holidays!!!

RESERVATION #: ********
NORWEGIAN SUN

SAILING FROM SANTIAGO (VALPARAISO), CHILE

The schedule looks like this:

Santiago (San Antonio), Chile (EMBARK)

At Sea

Puerto Montt, Chile

Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

Cruise Chilean Fjords and Cruise Patagonic Channels

Cruise Strait of Magellan

Punta Arenas, Chile

Cruise Beagle Channel (Glacier Cruising) and Ushuaia, Argentina

Cruise Cape Horn

Stanley, Falkland Islands

At Sea

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

At Sea

Montevideo, Uruguay

Buenos Aires, Argentina (DISEMBARK)

We are SO EXCITED!!