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Hello friends! Today we thought we would talk to you about a subject that is near and dear to our hearts.
Friends often ask us what are favorite way to travel is. Our answer is always cruising.
There are so many reasons why and today we thought we would share them with you….Read More
Hello friends!
We hope you are all having a good week! Here in Kansas, it’s hot – so hot I saw two trees fighting over a dog! We are trying to think cool, relaxing thoughts, and it’s always memories of the ocean that get me chilled. In particular, our recent trip to the Dominican Republic.
Shanna and I have been fortunate to visit a number of the Caribbean islands multiple times, but had never been to the Dominican Republic. On our last Carnival Cruise, we made sure to book a trip that was traveling to the Dominican since we’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
On arrival, the weather was a perfect 75 degrees. We already booked an excursion at Ocean World, so all we needed to do was find the right group, and enjoy the short ride through the countryside. …Read More
Last week I shared with you my Top Ten Ways to Cruise Cheaply. This week I thought I would share some of the fun ports we went to on our cruise earlier this year.
First, this was our sixth Carnival cruise. Some people have asked why we always use the same cruise line. Frankly, every one of the ones we have taken on Carnival have been amazing, so it’s one of those “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” kind of things.
We had friends that took a cruise on a different line, and they left the very same day as us, from the very same city, and went to the very same ports. We came back and touched-base with them and told them how incredible our cruise was, but they were so disappointed with theirs. They said they had awful service and blah food the entire time.
Since we only cruise every couple of years, we would be so bummed if that happened to us, so we have always gone with what’s worked well for our family….Read More
I know the name of the blog is Our Empty Nest Adventures … but our latest vacation included our kiddo. We thought we would all go on one last trip as a family to end her senior year. So in case you’re wondering why the nest doesn’t look too “empty”, I thought I would fill you in. And in full disclosure … we’ll probably take her on others, but the plan is to travel more frequently with just us two.
I can’t emphasize enough how cruising is one of the favorite ways to vacation for our family. Since we always have a budget to stick to, cruising allows us the most bang for our buck. Since we don’t have unlimited funds and can’t travel to multiple places every year, cruising lets us see several different places every time we go.
If you’re like me, when you travel you like to do a little bit of research so you know the best places for entertainment, famous landmarks and food. So I thought I would show you where we went on our port to Antigua.
We decided to go swimming with stingrays….Read More
