Enrico's Travel Blog

Day 3 Wednesday Veterans Day in the US; Remembrance Day elsewhere At sea, in the Atlantic Ocean The usual sea day- reset and relax. We changed cruise directors in Miami and now John Ekin is the cruise director. He was on the world cruise for sometime and we really don’t like him. He was on another cruise when Mike & Maddie were with us. When we were playing trivia, he kept giving hints so everyone would know the answer. He is really full of himself. The downside of having

Day 2 Tuesday At sea, somewhere probably off the eastern coast of Cuba A sea day so not too much going on. So, let me tell you about the Mariner. She was completed in 2001, carries a maximum of 700 guests and has 450 crew from all around the world. There are eight passenger decks, out of a total of fourteen. She is 216.9 meters (710 feet) long, 28.8 meters (94 feet) wide at the beam. The maximum speed is 21 knots; about 25 miles an hour. We like her even tough she was built

Both Day 14 & Day 1 Monday Miami, FL, USA Good morning, Miami! The final day of the transatlantic crossing and the first day of our Amazon adventure. Taylor is meeting us at the dock this morning and we are going to brunch together. We arrived in Miami first thing this morning; about 06:00. We finished packing up our things and set our suitcases inside our room and went to breakfast. After breakfast we went down to the Epicurian Enrichment Studio to check-out of the first