Traveling is one of my passions in life, even though I hate packing and I'm not a fan of flying. However, I get really excited and happy just knowing I will be exploring a different part of the world, especially the Caribbean. I had always wanted to try Cruising but my husband was always resistant to trying a Cruise because he thought you would get sick from the amount of germs floating around on the Cruise Ship due to the amount of people on the ship. However, in the summer of 2009 my hubby finally agreed to try a Cruise and that was the beginning of our love for Cruising. Our first Cruise was on the Carnival Miracle which sailed out of New York. Sailing out of New York was a great experience because we were able to save on air fare and when the Cruise departed we had the most amazing view of the NYC skyline and the New York Harbour. One of the Memories I will not forget is when we were sailing away, I was in the pool enjoying the ambiance and all of a sudden the Cruise Ship was right underneath the Verrazano Bridge
(The Verrazano Bridge: connects Brooklyn to Staten Island)
This was such a surreal moment for me. Imagine yourself laying in the pool and right above your head you had the most awesome view of one of the most famous bridges in NYC. At that moment I felt so appreciative to be alive and was soaking in all that was New York and was looking forward to seeing and exploring the ports of San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and Grand Turk during our first Cruise.
We had a great time on our first Cruise so we decided to try another Cruise in August 2010 with some friends of ours. During our Second Cruise we sailed on the Carnival Victory out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. During this Cruise we explored Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and we went to the following ports: Dominica, St; Lucia, Barbados, St. Thomas, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. We enjoyed ourselves tremendously on this Cruise and knew that we were now definitely Cruising Fanatics. If you've never been on a Cruise I highly recommend you try one. Who know's you might just like it and get addicted like we did!
Great Blog and I agree cruising is the best especially when you port and leave from nycity.. Awesome blog Cousin Iris.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome blog Cousin Iris.I think that's the right idea, but agree Europe is not a nation in the sense the USA is one, with it's common history and language base.Beyond that, Greece can be bailed out by the EU. Greece has lost it's monetary sovereignty so now that job has gone to Brussels.Well Brussels can sell bonds into the private sector just as can the Federal Reserve in the USA. and use the funds to buy the debt.It also might work, but less palatably, to do a QE and acquire the Greek debt by issuing currency to the lender banks and selling the debts later, also as the USA did. That would raise issues over the collateral the banks have but could be worked out.
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