Venezia Transatlantic: Barcelona Day 1

 
I was originally supposed to arrive in Barcelona at 9am. Flight changes and delays pushed that back to 11am. A bus driver strike stranded me on the plane for…

Venezia Transatlantic: Travel Day

Good Morning! On recent trips I have been parking in the remote south parking lot at DFW airport. This time I’m going with express south. This lot is costing…

Carnival Venezia’s Il Viaggio by Emeril Lagasse

I was able to dine at Carnival’s newest specialty restaurant, Il Viaggio, three times on Carnival Venezia’s 15-day transatlantic cruise from Barcelona to New York City. In addition to…

Venezia Transatlantic: Planning

Booking

I have been wanting to book a Transatlantic cruise on a new ship. Two weeks is about as long as I can do. Jubilee was going to be too…

USS Cairo

The USS Cairo is one of seven ironclad river gun boats built during the Civil War. The Cairo is a city class gun boat named after Cairo, Ohio. The…