19-21 April: Utrecht-based
Wednesday morning I was up with the muffled sounds of announcements in the hallways, and cleaned up, mostly packed, and headed for my...
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KB Cook
- May 16
- 7 min
16-18 April: three calls in ports
Sunday morning found the ship docked outside the harbor in Plymouth, England. This was our first port in Europe, even though the British...
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KB Cook
- May 8
- 10 min
8-15 April Sea days
Saturday morning began a long 8-day crossing. While I’d spent 3 and 4 days at sea without a port stop, I didn’t realize how tedious a...
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KB Cook
- May 7
- 1 min
Notre-Dame de Paris
Sunday, May 7, 2023, which was Mother's Day in France, was a day which had breaking clouds with the sun slipping through now and again....
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KB Cook
- May 3
- 7 min
6-7 April - Overnight in NYC
Early Thursday morning the captain had entered the New York harbor, passing under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and along side the Statue...
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KB Cook
- Apr 28
- 6 min
3-5 April - Boarding and at sea I
At the start of a 138-day trip, having packed my roller and “carry-on” on Sunday, I was up ahead of the alarm on Monday morning and began...
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KB Cook
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Volume II update
Returning in November with about 180 newly photographed cathedrals, and adding to those I visited earlier in 2019 and 2022 (and another 5...
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KB Cook
- Jan 23
- 21 min
NCL Escape Caribbean Cruise
Almost a year ago, I took a week-long cruise out of San Juan, Puerto Rico (after 4-5 days visiting the cathedrals there) aboard the NCL...
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KB Cook
- Dec 31, 2022
- 13 min
Quick cruise to Key West and Nassau
My final trip for 2022 was a quickie cruise aboard the RCL Brilliance of the Seas out of Tampa for a 4-night trip (15-19 December 2022)...
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KB Cook
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Europe Trip blog links in chronological order
The way blogging works is that the most recently added (or updated) blog appears at the top of the list. When I've written and posted my...
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KB Cook
- Dec 26, 2022
- 15 min
Greater Philadelphia
Midday on the first of November I crossed the Delaware River into what I’ll call northern Philadelphia. While my itinerary had visits to...
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KB Cook
- Dec 22, 2022
- 14 min
Cathedrals in New Jersey
With the ship in port, after breakfast I debarked, collecting my luggage and walking to the exit. After 20 minutes of complete...
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KB Cook
- Dec 14, 2022
- 19 min
12-night Transatlantic crossing
Sunday and midway! Another time change. My upstairs “neighbor” delayed until 7am to begin pacing. Made another trip to customer service...
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KB Cook
- Dec 10, 2022
- 13 min
Exeter, Truro, Southampton, Winchester
Itinerary accomplished in London, I was able to catch the earlier train to the Exeter Saint David station. In an unbooked seat on the...
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KB Cook
- Dec 8, 2022
- 8 min
Shrewsbury, Belmont, London
After alighting from the airport-bound train from York at Manchester Piccadilly, I eventually continued to the station in Shrewsbury in...
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KB Cook
- Dec 6, 2022
- 16 min
Lancaster, Preston, Blackburn, York
The Stena ferry from Douglas on the Isle of Man to the English port of Heysham started with rough seas, but by the time the ship reached...
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KB Cook
- Nov 30, 2022
- 9 min
Isle of Man
Arriving on an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin into the Isle of Man’s Ronaldsway Airport, we quickly were bused to the terminal where...
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KB Cook
- Nov 27, 2022
- 12 min
Galway - City and County
On the 13:25 #51 bus from Ennis bound for Galway, I enjoyed the 80 minutes as we passed from County Clare into County Galway. With only a...
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KB Cook
- Nov 23, 2022
- 15 min
Counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare
Following my itinerary, I left Gabriel House and rolled my bags down the hill and across the river to the Cork central bus station, where...
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KB Cook
- Nov 15, 2022
- 19 min
Based in Cork
Leaving Waterford, using five buses and making cathedral visits in Lismore and Fermoy, I was dropped in the middle of a busy roadway and...
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