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Porthole‘s Five Faves Passage to Paradise The ever-popular 7-night Western Mediterranean cruise itinerary typically includes ports in Spain, France, and Italy, treating visitors to ancient cities, diverse architecture, amazing art, …

Monday Tuesday Mantra Cruise to the Edge? YES! … Cruise to the Edge? YES … Cruise to the Edge? YES! This Ship Will Rock Let’s meet 60 head-on: with the …

Cruising Deep Five favorite attractions that go below the ocean’s surface The ocean is what makes the cruise – without it, a cruise ship is just a big metal hotel …

Monday Mantra Get with the program … Get with the program … Get with the program … Or not … Interrupting This Program It’s nice to know about the daily …

Declare Your Independence Five reasons to love a small-ship cruise. There you are speeding through life and you think maybe it’s time to take your foot off the accelerator and …

Monday Mantra Shipboard romance? … Shipboard romance? … Shipboard romance? A Host with the Most A romantic rendezvous worth cruising to. True story. I was in Barcelona in November 2013 …

Monday Mantra Unqualified … Unqualified … Unqualified … Working at Sea – Is It for Me? Could you be cut out for cruising career? Could I? It was love at …

Porthole‘s Five Faves Every day is Cinco de Mayo! When in Mexico, you can drink as the locals drink all year long. Today is Cinco de Mayo! Before we start …

Monday Mantra Oh pleeeease …. Oh pleeeease …. Oh pleeeease …. Mama’s Bahamas Drama When someone misses the ship, there’s always more to the story. The first thing I did …

Monday Mantra Get Lost…Get Lost…Get Lost… Where am I again? On a cruise ship, good signage is a treasure. I believe that there’s a special place in hell reserved for …

Porthole‘s Five Faves High Times Five Favorite Cruise Ports to Celebrate 4/20 (Huh Huh) 4/20. For those who don’t know the significance of this number, we’ll fill you in. It’s …

Dream Destinations A quiz for imaginative cruisers All of us have an ultimate dream destination, or maybe even two – the places that have something special that set them above …

Monday Mantra Decisions…Decisions…Decisions… So Many Ways to Cruise To find the perfect trip, you have to explore. When I was about 12 years old and just learning how to cook, …

Monday Mantra Ciao Italia! … Ciao Italia! … Ciao Italia! Italy … by Land! Sometimes to go deeper, you have to leave the sea behind. Soon, I’ll be off to …

Monday Mantra Oceans Apart … Oceans Apart … Oceans Apart … Sailing On Beloved cruisemates never really debark. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the death of my husband …

Porthole’s Five Faves Cocoa Cruising Five favorite destinations for chocolate lovers For those of us who’ve been bitten by the chocolate bug, this is serious business — even globe-spanning. From …

Monday Mantra Don’t Fall for It … Don’t Fall for It … Don’t Fall for It … In the Drink What does it really take to wind up overboard? Let …

Porthole’s Five Faves Carnival Fantasy Flavor Faves Five great new tastes (and familiar ones too) When the recently refurbished Carnival Fantasy came out of dry dock, a quick 2-day cruise …

MONDAY MANTRA   Drink up! … Drink up! … Drink up! … The human brain. Astrophysics. The U.S. Federal Tax Code. Cruise Ship Beverage Packages. These are some of the …