Jen and Jerry's Excellent Adventure

Miami, Florida                                                                                                  March 23, 2022 We’re back in Miami.   We were last here on December 21, 2021.   That was a long time ago, and we were not expecting to be back any time soon, yet here we are on the Magical Mystery Tour where you never quite know what is coming next.   We decided to do airboats in the Everglades which we had never done before.   We hopped on the tour bus and almost immediately were informed that we have been mispronouncing Miami all of our lives.   Not “My am Me”   as I expect all of you have also been doing with your Midwest non-accent, but   “Me am Me” whic...

  Cozumel                                                                                 March 21             How many of you have been to Cozumel?   It’s a popular tourist destination—especially during spring break when the Midwestern body aches for some warm sunrays. Our latest addition to the production cast has a thing about the pronunciation of Mexico (Mehico) hence the spelling in the title for today's post.               We had visited here years ago, but I’d forgo...

  Costa Maya, Mexico                                                                                    Sunday, March 20 Apologies to all of you that we got behind in our journal.   I’m writing this entry about five days after being in Costa Maya, but my notes will carry us through!!!   Luckily, the day-after-day tours and learnings have eased as we are now traveling across the Atlantic Ocean toward Fuchal, Madiera, arriving late morning of April 1.   No fooling!!!   We had never heard of Fuchal.   Please Google funchal, madeira . And its sister island...

  Guatemala                                                                                                                          Friday, March 18                Our first peek at this country revealed mountains and lush greenery: the mainland looked like most of the islands we’ve visited for the past…well, couple of mo...

  Jamaica                                                                      Tuesday, March 15                         Wake up this morning and find one of the prettiest ports we’ve seen which was definitely a surprise.   From the boat it looked like we were at the doorstep of a small European fishing village.   Not sure what I was expecting on this one, but it wasn’t this.   It was another bubble port today meaning you had to have a ship tour or a government sanctioned tour.   We had a ship tour scheduled so off we went....

  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic                            Sat. & Sun., March 12, 13 We’re celebrating! Two days including an overnight in one port is a rare occurrence.   No need to hurry aboard before the ship disembarks, and this usually allows small groups of our multi-national crew to have a few hours off the ship.   We’re always happy for them as they’ve been ship-bound for health purposes for months. Often, an overnight in port allows us passengers a chance to be on and off the ship more at our leisure, with the choice of using the local bars or restaurants as a change of pace from cruise fare—which is really delicious!   An added bonus is that our ship is docked across the street from the historical district, walking distance from the two original buildings from the 16th Century:   palace built by Diego Columbus—no...