WELCOME TO FARNSNIENTE

We wake. Karen didn’t sleep great. Out our window we see that they’ve made good progress at cleaning up the main city square where the Pride

Today we slept in til 8:30. We got to bed late last night due to the music from the Pride Festival venue across the street so it’s probably

We’re up at 6:30 per the plan. Scott’s fleece has not magically re-appeared overnight. We splash some water in our faces, scramble to finish

Today we sleep in, maybe due to our late night, or too much wine and song. We both feel that we somehow avoided any jet lag coming this way.

We’re up at 6:30, trying to convince ourselves that we're feeling no jet lag. There’s coffee in the room, thankfully. As is the custom on th

Woke up on the plane thirty minutes from landing in Paris. They thankfully let us sleep through breakfast. We’re flying in from Newark, so t

The first day of a Europe trip is typically the most boring and a little bit stressful. It’s essentially getting to the airport and getting

Some commotion in the airplane cabin wakes us from our less-than-ideal sleep. The flight attendants are moving about. It’s apparently time t

Today we fly back home, eventually. Our flight is scheduled to take off at 6:40 pm, so we have most of the day to see more of Singapore. The

In a long, sad, series of “lasts”, today is our last full day in Asia. Our goal today? Explore some of the many interesting neighborhoods in

By the time we're awake, groggy from last night’s excess, we are already docked in Singapore. We get ready and have our last meal (our last

Happy Star Wars Day! (May the fourth be with you and all that.) Our cruise director is a big Star Wars fan so we’re getting this joke from h

Today’s our last day in Ho Chi Minh City, and in Vietnam. Our flight home, in four days, looms large. We should be living in the moment but

I snap awake at 7 am and the boat is listing to one side and groaning slightly. Out the window I can see we’re in a narrow river negotiating

Once again, for the third time this trip, it’s the first of the month. Amazing. And as habit dictates we must say “Rabbit, Rabbit” as the fi

Compared with yesterday’s sleepy day at sea, today will be busy-busy, with an eight hour excursion. Looking out from our cabin balcony the s

Today is another ‘At Sea’ day, as we transition from Hong Kong to Vietnam. Being at sea, there are no excursions (wouldn’t THAT be fun!?) bu

It’s our second of two days in Hong Kong. After the ship was cleared yesterday, by immigration, it’s almost like we’re in a hotel, albeit on

We wake and look out the window, as always. Where are we and what’s the weather? Today we’re coming into Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. A loc

We awaken to another overcast day. There are whitecaps, signaling a bit of wind, but thankfully the swells are only about one meter. We hard