One place at a time
In December of 2013, we wanted to get into the Christmas spirit with snow and beautiful Christmas decorations. After some research, Chicago came up on a list as one of the top places to go for Christmas. I booked our
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The last stop of our cruise was the island of St. Maarten. We decided to end our trip with the Carnival excursion “Top 10 of St. Maarten.” We met our tour guide on the ship at 9:30 am to walk
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Once every three months , we receive a Discovery Travel book in the mail and as Little man and I were flipping through, we came across a mine car ride. After doing some research, we found that the mine car
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The fifth day of our cruise was the port of St. Kitts. We enjoyed the St. Lucia excursion so much that we actually went the night before and added an excursion for St. Kitts. There were so many to choose
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The fourth day on the cruise was the port of St. Lucia. Since we explored St. Thomas and Barbados on our own, we decided to do an excursion through Carnival and let them show us around the island. After doing
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The second island that we stopped at was Barbados and after the day at sea we were ready to explore! Barbados is a sovereign island country in the lesser Antilles and is 167 square miles. The island is only 21
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Our second day on the cruise ship was our day at sea while the ship went from St. Thomas to Barbados. There is so much to do while aboard the ship, there are numerous activities, all the food you can
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Our ship departed sometime after 10pm on Sunday night and we pulled into the St. Thomas port bright and early Monday morning. This was the first stop on our southeastern Caribbean cruise. St Thomas is one of the United States
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To start our Summer vacation off, we flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico to spend a few days before we boarded the cruise ship. We chose San Juan for a couple of reasons. First, we have always wanted to visit
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Once a month we try to have a date weekend, whether it is going away on a short trip, or staying home and catching a movie. For the month of May, we decided to go to Louisville, Kentucky for the
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