When I was a little girl my parents took us on a whirlwind tour of Europe. We landed in Switzerland and went to Rome, Paris, and London. It seemed as if we did nothing but move from hotel to hotel… Continue Reading →

I just read that Holland America kicked a passenger off the Westerdam in the port of Fort Lauderdale. Apparently the unnamed passenger was put off the ship for failure to participate in a mandatory muster drill. This was just before… Continue Reading →

It still begs my original question about how much freedom of speech you might have aboard the Queen Mary 2. I could come up with a scenario. If you were seated at dinner with your table mates at a table… Continue Reading →

_ Apparently 82-year-old former Broadway producer, Gloria Sher, and her husband, Frederick Evans, alleged that the row started when another guest made an anti-semitic remark at dinner. That led to the couple storming out of the restaurant to their cabin… Continue Reading →

_ About a year or so ago I read an article online about an elderly couple being first confined to their cabin and then put ashore because of something they said at dinner. I might be rather paranoid, but would… Continue Reading →

_ On May 1, 1915 the Americans boarding the Lusitania at the Cunard Pier in New York knew Britain was at war, but thought that since they were neutrals they were perfectly safe. The Imperial German Embassy had issued a… Continue Reading →

I asked one too many questions on the Cunard.com website. Two weeks ago I was having an avid online discussion on the Cunard Facebook page. I asked if there was a way to launch lifeboats if the ship was listing… Continue Reading →

_ When I heard about the Costa Concordia smashing into a sandbar on the Island of Giglio, it reminded me of a thriller novel I’d just read called King Abdullah’s Tomb. I said, “Could this be happening for real?” When… Continue Reading →

_ When I unload my suitcase I make a packing list of everything I put into it to use the next time I’m ready to load up my bag. I do the same thing for my car to make sure… Continue Reading →

_ The other plot would of course be to have the Germans hiding aboard the Lusitania planting bombs to cause the second mysterious explosion. They would do this in the name of the Kaiser. But I thought the plot about… Continue Reading →