Onboard the Zaandam Wednesday, March 5, 2025 Lido Deck Before the Invasion This morning the Ship Captain came on the intercom and...

Road Town, Tortola Island, British Virgin Islands Tuesday March 4, 2025 This is the harbor of Road Town, Tortola, where our ship is...

Roseau, Dominica Monday March 3, 2025 Interesting morning today! We woke up in time to be ready for today's tour. Then we turned on the...

Bridgetown, Barbados Sunday March 2, 2025 One of many mushroom shaped rock formations on the east coast of Barbados. Answer - When you...

Île Royale, French Guiana, an overseas department of France Thursday February 27, 2025 Before starting with our amazing experiences from...

Alter do Chão, Brazil Monday February 24, 2025 Today we are anchored off of Alter do Chão. The first thing we noticed, before we even...

Parintins, Brazil Sunday February 23, 2025 Today we went into the town of Parintins to watch a local cultural festival, Boi Bumbá. The...

Amazon Rainforest, Manaus area February 22, 2025 Here is where we started our adventure heading up into to forest. Today we went on a...

Manaus, Brazil Friday February 21, 2025 Today we got to sleep in a little bit, have breakfast and relax for awhile, before heading down...

Amazon River Village Thursday February 20, 2025 Young girl in Boca da Valeria with a baby armadillo to share, and the $1 we gave her to...

History, Food, and Culture Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Dancers welcoming our ship History Santarém is one of the oldest cities along the...

Amazon River February 18, 2025 Katie, Karen and Nancy checking things out as we enter the Amazon River So near and yet so far……. This is...

On the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean February 16, 2025 After saying Goodbye to Trinidad and Tobago, we headed out to sea.  And...

Scarborough, island of Tobago, nation of Trinidad and Tobago Thursday February 13, 2025     Since we didn’t have a planned excursion...

Castries, Saint Lucia February 12, 2025 A 400 year-old Samaan tree in the Derek Walcott Square. What is the most unique fact about the...

February 11, 2025 One Island, Two Nations Today we docked in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten.  This island encompasses two countries, Sint...

February 9, 2025 This is the view from the aft (back) of our ship today.  Beautiful blue water, blue skies with fluffy clouds, and calm...

Friday October 11, 2024 Had to have Napoli style pizza on our final night! Soooo good!!! Fun Facts about Italy Romans are said to adore...

Thursday October 10, 2024 The Trevi Fountain, Rome Fun Facts about Italy The Italian Police Force uses Lamborghinis (sometimes). The...