Magazine specializing in the enjoyment of travel by cruise ship and ocean liner, as recorded in journals from my travels. Launched 2010 by @LisaPlotnick.
New on the blog: My review of the novel A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by author Rebecca Connolly.
It’s fictionalized, yet I’m glad I gave this one a chance.
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ALT A smiling Lisa (Caucasian woman beyond middle age with long dark hair) across the channel from a TUI ship, a Viking Cruises ship, and a Norwegian Cruise Line ship
This set of journal entries gives a great idea of a day in the life onboard #QueenMary2
QUEEN MARY 2 eastbound transatlantic, day 6 nauticalnotebook.blog/2025/0…
CELEBRITY ECLIPSE and NORWEGIAN JADE, Boston Massachusetts USA,
September 19, 2024. (c) LRPlotnick and NauticalNotebook.com
ALT Port side views of the cruise ships Celebrity Eclipse in foreground and Norwegian Jade docked behind it. Eclipse has a dark blue hull and 7 decks above the promenade including a bulb shaped forward deck atop the structure. Norwegian Jade is all white with a ribbon like emerald green painted artwork on the hull. Plaque on shore in the foreground reads William Miller memorial park Boston.
ALT The Europa 2 luxury cruise ship in port with her aft and starboard sides in view. She is a smallish ship, all white with a dark blue funnel and has what appears to be 7 decks featuring private balconies and large panoramic windows. The ship’s stern is tiered with open deck spaces, and lifeboats are visible along the side.
ALT The cruise ship Norwegian Dawn docked at a cruise terminal, taken from a slightly angled frontal perspective, showing the bow and the starboard side of the cruise ship. The ship features a white hull with colorful wave- or ribbon like designs. A tug boat and floating platform are alongside. Photo credit Nautical notebook dot com.
New on the blog.
Book review — The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic, by Penelope Carlevato
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