Dog’s first voyage onboard with Dragon started with an unexpected change. Inclement weather in the North Sea resulted in three immediate somewhat rough sea days. Our Hamburg port was cancelled by German authorities and was eventually replaced with an unplanned day trip to Amsterdam via IJmuiden, Netherlands. Following that there were three successive ports in […]
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Dog (Bob) finished his radiation treatments on October 9th. Radiation Oncology gave him the ok to make his escape from the U.S. and begin the journey to reunite with Dragon (Tiffany). The journey to Southampton Dog jumped aboard an Icelandair flight on evening of October 15th bound for London via a layover in Reykjavik. Customs
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It has been a challenging two weeks. Dog has been undergoing radiation therapy and has been, hmm, disinterested in writing at the computer to say the least. I’m back though! Seriously, it has been an up and down time of treatment with physical, mental, and emotional swings. I haven’t been in the right frame of
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Greetings from Dog in Colorado! Greetings from Dog in Colorado. As many of you know already, I am currently undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer. You may not know that I’m also starting a new career path in Medicare health insurance education and sales. I just want to apologize for the long delay in posts.
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Sorry for the lengthy time between posts people. How about another interesting Dragon stop from September 7th? This one is an update from the English Channel involving a different Portland. Portland, UK is a four mile long tied island on the south coast of England. The history of Isle of Portland on Wikipedia is an
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August 29, 2023 was a Dragon stop in Liverpool, UK where she was able to go ashore for a walking adventure in the city. Liverpool is a large metropolitan city that is over 800 years old. It is a historic port city in north west England on the Irish Sea that in modern times is
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Since Dragon went aboard as a cruise ship RN she has had many opportunities to visit a variety of places she had never been before including Norway, England, Scotland, Iceland, Ireland, and Greenland. One of the most memorable experiences she’s had to date was an amazing sea day on August 18th. Normally sea days don’t
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Dragon is off and away working as a cruise ship RN. This is the long overdue update: dragon edition because its been over ten days since the last update on her cruise ship adventure. Check out ‘Getting a Dragon to Norway‘ if you want to hear the story of getting over to the ship. This
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Six months ago we didn’t anticipate the current situation where we would both be having our own unique adventures and talking to one another from across the Atlantic. As a good friend from college told me today after ending his 20-odd year experience in Tahoe and moving to Maine to help his mom, life is
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As Dog indicated in the We Got Out of Colorado post, I have had a busy last few days. Let me fill in the details on the two day journey to my assignment in Norway. My initial flight out of DIA was at 0100 bound for Miami where I was scheduled for a medical screening
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