As noted, cruising has been our travel method of choice for several years.

While destination-specific photo groupings are listed elsewhere, this page will contain a list of photo albums for each individual cruise.

(Some cruises cover a number of different countries and localities, so expect there to be some overlap in the listings.)

• We took the Oceania Sirena from Miami to the Amazon River and back in 2023. That year saw us starting to cruise again.

• Our Travels to Australia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, 2016-17 included many days on cruise ships

• We took the Prinsendam to the Mediterranean in 2016. The photos are on Google Photos, at the following links: General Views – Canal Du Midi, France Pylos, Greece – Durres, Albania – Monaco – Trapani, Sicily – Corfu – Dubrovnik – Santorini (aka: Thera, aka: Thira) – Naples, Italy – Turkey – Funchal, Madeira – Malta – Venice, Italy

• Another visit to Alaska in 2015 on the Oceania Regatta

• A cruise to Hawai’i in 2015

• We took the Voyage of the Vikings in 2014 on Holland-America, to a number of interesting ports such as: Lerwick, Scotland, Bergen, Norway, Greenland,and Iceland.

• We took the Maasdam in 2013 to the Mediterranean Area

• We repeated the Prinsendam cruise to South America and the Antarctic in 2011, including Rio de Janeiro, and some Amazon River Insects too.

• During our Alaska RV trip, we were on the water for a tour of the Kenai Fjords National Park

• In 2010, we took a European River Cruise, along with cruises to and from Europe and some train trips within Europe.

• Also in 2010, we took a Panama Canal Cruise

• The BIG one, a World Cruise in 2009 on the Tahitian Princess (later the Oceania Sirena)

• In 2008, our cruise to Australia included some very scenic areas of New Zealand

• Our first major cruise after retirement was in 2008 around South America – Manaus, Brazil – Antarctica

• We cruised to Alaska in 2008, and also took a land tour.

• We enjoyed another Alaska Cruise in 2007.

• The Pride of America (see below) was an important cruise, but the Pride of Hawai’i Inagural Cruise in 2006, was pretty special, too.

• In 2005 we rode the Pride of America (static photo page) on her first voyage after leaving the shipyard in Germany. The cruise started in Miami, and, for us, ended in Los Angeles. (From there the ship headed to Hawai’i, where, as of 2024, she still visits the islands on a weekly basis.)

• We had planned a cruise through the Panama Canal on the new Pride of America, (see above) but unfortunately, she sank at the construction dock. While she was being repaired, we found a Panama Canal transit on the RCCL Legend of the Seas around Christmas 2004.

• We saw the regular cruise ship visits from the lanai of our house. Finally, we took the June 2003 Norwegian Star Cruise and the same cruise in December 2003

• In 2000, we took an Alaska Trip that included multiple days on the Alaska State Ferry.

• Our first serious cruise was in 1997 on the Star Clipper in the Caribbean. Great ship.

• A special type of “cruise” was our River Trip on the Thames in 1993. The only “service” onboard was self-catered. Oh, yes, and we had to run the boat, too. A wonderful experience.

(Only one cruise remains, our first together in 1981. Needless to say, no photos and the memories are not good. We swore off cruising for many years after.)

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