EssigWorldCruise

December 11, 2024 A city of white, pink, blue, green -- cradled by lush rocky mountains blanketed by deep evergreen forests, Tangier is...

Thursday, December 12, 2024 The Beautiful City of Cadiz Spectacular clouds greeted us as our ship pulled into the Port of Cadiz in the...

December 8, 2024 One of the most anticipated stops on this cruise was Cagliari, Sardinia.  From everything I read, it is a city to walk...

December 10, 2024 To get to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic, cruise ships must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, which is 3,000...

December 7, 2024 What an incredible country!  Just disembarking from the ship in Tunisia was a marvelous adventure.  As we walked toward...

November 28, 2024 When you visit so many Mediterranean cities so close together, it is easy to forget whether you have visited a...

November 27, 2024 We considered revisiting Pompeii again, because it was so spectacular when we visited during the World Cruise. ...

November 15 and 26, 2024 When we visited Rome during the 2024 World Cruise, we were frustrated because we had only one day in Rome, and...

November 24, 2024 Another cold morning greeted us, this time completely cloudy with a chance of rain later in the day.  We slept late,...

Saturday, November 23, 2024 Traversing the Mediterranean between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Port of Livorno, Italy, we were faced...

November 20, 2024 During our second visit to Casablanca, we were determined to see the interior of the Hassan II Mosque.  Our first time...

November 16-17, 2024 Surf crashing against jagged coastlines, stunning shorelines, steep cliffs, verdant green pastures dotted with...

Roundtrip out of Ft. Lauderdale November 9 - December 21, 2024 Holland America’s Volendam On November 9, 2024, Cliff and I embarked on a...

In May 2024, we took a seven day Western Caribbean cruise on the MSC MSC Magnifica, and had a wonderful time. Tissues: On the Magnifica,...

June 27-28, 2024 Nassau is located on Providence Island, the Bahamas, an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic...

June 25, 2024 Regaled by Cliff’s description of steering U.S. Navy LST past the massive forts into Puerto Rico harbor in 1965, I was very...

June 24, 2024 Ever since Cliff visited the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico while in the Navy, he wanted to revisit these countries.  I...

June 22-29, 2024 After enjoying our first MSC cruise on the Magnifica, we looked for a cruise to Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.  We...

Highlights and Summary During our trip of a lifetime, our ship, the Island Princess, visited 42 ports, 23 countries, Hawaii and American...

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 When we awoke and opened the curtains to our balcony, we gazed upward at a towering rocky mountain coated in...