Reading and Roaming
SHIPBOARD DINING Anyone who knows me and the Chief Penguin well, knows that we are foodies. As in the case of Caesar, this army travels on its stomach. One of the delights of cruising with Crystal is the quality and variety of the food. And it is truly excellent! You can get almost anything you’d possibly want to …
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SNATCHES OF ISRAEL The Chief Penguin and I were last in Israel in 1999, and then only in Jerusalem. He had been several times before and to Haifa and Tel-Aviv. The trip was for a library conference for me and he was the accompanying spouse. For my librarian friends, it was the annual IFLA (International Federation of Library …
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A BIT OF CRETE Two days ago, we docked in Chania, a city on Crete’s northern coast. Long before it became part of modern Greece, Chania was ruled by the Venetians and later the Ottoman Empire. Its architecture is rich with Venetian and Moorish influences. Since we were in port, we could walk off the ship instead of …
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CRUISING From Rome, we went by car to Civitavecchia to board our cruise ship. It’s about an hour’s drive from the center of town through the countryside to a rather plain, but functional, cruise terminal. Here, after being given a card for Boarding Group 1, we sat in one of the many rows of folding chairs …
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