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[ctjon]

From 2 years ago - wish it were now. Symphony in Portland, ME.   Boy do we here miss seeing all cruise ships this time of year

 

[BEAV]

35 minutes ago, ctjon said:

From 2 years ago - wish it were now. Symphony in Portland, ME.   Boy do we here miss seeing all cruise ships this time of year

 

She’s a classy lady with classy lines! 

[rafinmd]

October 22 is the last day until early December that I don't have multiple sunrises to choose among.  This was taken one year ago from QM2 on the way to Europe for Crystal Bach, Crystal Serenity, and finally Crystal Symphony:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Special to @BWIVince

 

You mentioned earlier familiarity with the area around Whole Foods in Columbia Town Center.  Yesterday a new park was opened and it's dedicated to 102-year-young resident Vivian "Millie" Bailey.  A veteran of WW2, her park will house the county Veterans Memorial but already features a kid's playground.

 

This spunky gal also recently ticked a sky dive off her bucket list"

 

 

Roy

 

 

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is the last from my 2011 combination of Blount through the Erie Canal New York to Montreal and back on the Crystal Symphony.  On October 23 the Symphony was at Newport.

 

 

Roy

[nancygp]

This sunrise was a Facebook memory from October 23rd, 2014.  I was on my early morning walk with our late dog.

 

 

 

Nancy

[rafinmd]

I sailed Allure of the Seas first revenue Westbound transatlantic in 2015.  I have posted a couple of photos from QM2 on the way to Europe then but my first sunrise from the Allure was October 24:

 

 

Roy

[Roger88]

11 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

I sailed Allure of the Seas first revenue Westbound transatlantic in 2015.  I have posted a couple of photos from QM2 on the way to Europe then but my first sunrise from the Allure was October 24:

 

 

Roy

Seeing a sunrise from a board of a magnificent ship is like one of those one time, one life time experiences that you will remember. The very first sunrise from a board of the ship is still kept in my memory as a good reminder of those good old times back in a day 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a trip that hasn't been represented yet.  A number of my trips have evolved from something I missed in a prior trip.  In 2007 I sailed Silversea Rome to Dubai and got document too late to visit the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.  A couple years later I filled that gap by booking a Nile River cruise but missed out on a tour to Alexandria I the day before the tour started.  When Serenity had a nice tour visiting Alexandria in 2010 I booked it, followed by another med cruise on the Wind Surf, and QM2 back home from Southampton.  This is the sunrise our last day in Alexandria, October 25, 2010.

 

 

Roy

[travelberlin]

This sunset was not on board a ship...Uyuni Salt Lakes

Edited October 26, 2020 by travelberlin

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from yet another string of cruises but did not happen near water.  In 2014 I sailed QM2 to Europe and returned on the Wind Star.  October 26, 2014 was a  Sunday  and I started the day at my fire house which was offering a breakfast, continued to my church, and finally to New York to await QM2.  The sun came up while I was at the fire house.  My office is in the wing at the right of the photo:

 

 

 

Roy

[cruisun]

Montreal/Lauderdale repositioning 2017 Serenity 

Edited October 27, 2020 by cruisun

[cruisun]

2013 Transatlantic Barcelona-Miami Serenity 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2015 Allure of the Seas transatlantic.  We were in Malaga, Spain:

 

 

Roy

 

[BEAV]

Not Ben and Jerry's, but how about a virtual Transatlantic cruise with Ben and David......

 

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5690/

[rafinmd]

A couple days ago I posted a sunrise from my fire house.   Today's is from that same 2014 trip and is still on land.  Before boarding QM2 and connecting to the Wind Star I spent 2 nights in New York at the Harbor House B&B, the host for the New York Harbor Webcam.  This was taken from Harbor House before boarding QM2 later in the day:

 

 

Roy

 

[rafinmd]

I have only a couple of sunrises on this trip.  In 2001 I had a River Cruise through the  Gorge on the Yangtze.  It became an intimate small group tour.  October 29 was actually the morning we left Xian to board our ship.

 

 

Roy

[travelberlin]

Roy your picture in the Yangtze has reminded me of my river cruise last year in the Mekong. Here is a picture of a sunset there

Ivi

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is one of the last from my 2017 Grand Asia cruise on MS Amsterdam.  We were docked in Shanghai the morning of October 30.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I've posted a sunrise photo from Queen Mary 2 on the way to the Crystal Bach, but not yet anything from the Bach.  This is the last sunset of October 2019, taken near Rudesheim, Germany.

 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is my last ever from the MS Amsterdam.  On November 1 we were arriving in Hong Kong.

 

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is the first from yet another cruise.  I was supposed to be on the ship but wasn't.  I was supposed to board the Crystal Symphony October 31 (2012) in New York but Superstorm Sandy got in the way and I watched the sun come up November 2 in Charleston.

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have so many sunrises and sunsets for October and November a choice is always difficult.  I have several from the Allure of the Seas and my time there is winding down but here's one:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is another from my 2014 QM2 crossing on the way to a Wind Star transatlantic. 

 

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Once again, today's sunrise photo is actually a sunset.   This was taken on my 2001 Yangtze River cruise:

 

 

Roy