After yesterday’s wearying day, we woke up looking forward to better experiences on our second island in French Polynesia – Mo’orea....

Last night we went to bed dreaming of Tahiti. Today, we actually saw and experienced Tahiti. Now, before I go into the details of the...

Today is another day at sea. We are headed to Tahiti, and we will land tomorrow at Pape’ete, Tahiti. Today, Doug took advantage of the...

The title sums it up. I had a very restless night sleeping. It was as though my body was having a final fight with this respiratory...

Today is one of those rare occasions where we literally live through the 20th of April again, due to the fact that we crossed the...

Today, is Thursday, April 20, 2023 and we are cruising toward Tahiti which is over 2,400 miles from Auckland, New Zealand. We are...

(Glad you're back! Now let's continue with the tale of this day.) Patrise returned from the Māori excursion about 3:30 pm in the...

Today’s post will be the longest yet: not because we did so much, but because there will be more pictures. Therefore, I am writing it in...

Last night we ran into our first day of inclement weather. The winds were over 40 miles per hour and that created rough waves over the...

Second full day at sea and about all I am doing is sleeping. Patrise seems to be going about things in a normal rhythm, but I am sleeping...

Yesterday was our first full day of cruising. It could only be described as a day of rest. We had essentially been on the go every day,...

This was our final day in Sydney, before beginning the cruise portion of our trip. The day could best be described as a “day of waiting.”...

Morning in Sydney: Just as yesterday, we were able to sleep in a bit and start the day quite leisurely. This being our last full day –...

Today was another marvelous day! We started the day quite leisurely, allowing me to sleep in. Our primary agenda item today was to visit...

Today was a marvelous day! We actually had the opportunity to get up, go sightseeing; travel to a mall to pick up a few things, like...

We awoke in the Peninsula Hotel this morning, got dressed and headed to breakfast. We took a last look out of our living room window....

For me, the strangest hotel experience we’ve had so far – not the worst, but the strangest – has been the Peninsula Boutique, here in...

After breakfast, we said goodbye to the Savoy Hotel. Our driver picked us up and we headed to the Melbourne Airport. It was a pleasant...

Today was an exciting day. After all of our stressful activities to actually get to Melbourne, today was the day that we had to enjoy it....