Our Hobbies
“Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other.” - Walter Lippmann
Travel And Cruising
One of our "hobbies" is cruising the seven seas in a style to which we would like to become accustomed. Perfect match for our ballroom dancing activities! Our most recent voyage of exploration was aboard the Regal Princess on a trip from Los Angeles To Midway To Hawaii to Los Angeles.
New Zealand & Australia
Latest Cruise with Grandkids
to Alaska
Mexico with Hannah and
Lisa
Family Cruise
Crystal Harmony itineraries included sailing's to the North Sea, the
Mediterranean, the Baltic and Black Seas, the Caribbean/Trans-canal
and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
We have cruised over 50 times to date and enjoy each and every adventure.
One cannot hardy forget the Titanic so here is a ticket for passage.
Family
cruising is a great way to visit! We never had so much fun
as the three days we all spent together visiting and sharing! Please
join us!
Vacations
Vacation is a term used in English-speaking North America to describe a lengthy time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home, such as a trip to the beach that lasts several days or longer.
In the rest of the English-speaking world the word holiday is used, whereas in North America, "holiday" normally applies to a specific national holiday or long weekend related to such a day. In some cases "vacation holiday" is used in North America, which signifies that a vacation trip is taken during a traditional national holiday period, extended on either end of the period by taking additional time off from work—creating a longer time unencumbered by work, an extended "long weekend", as it were.
This practice is common in the United States where employers give far
fewer annual vacation days (see below) than European employers—so
stretching the related national holidays tends to conserve one's
accumulated total of eligible days available for longer quality vacation
excursions.
In England the word "vacation" referred specifically to the long summer
break taken by the law courts (and later universities)—a custom
introduced by William the Conqueror from Normandy where it was intended
to facilitate the grape harvest. The French term is similar to the
American English: "Les Vacances."
The term derives from the fact that, in the past, upper-class families would literally move to a summer home for part of the year, leaving their usual family home vacant. Most countries around the world have labor laws mandating a certain number of days of time off per year to be given to a worker.
In Canada the legal minimum is two weeks, while in most of Europe the limit is significantly higher. Neither the U.S. nor China requires that employees receive any vacation time at all.