We had decided to take the ferry from Antigua to Barbados even though it was $100 US for each of us.  Basia was going to go birding...

This is another story that I wrote as a project for our creative writing group on the ship. This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to...

There were eleven of us. Andy had made the arrangements. The owners said we would be doing public service projects as we went around the...

With six weeks of travel aboard the Odyssey and only a bit over a week of it posted here I decided to do a quick catch up in photos with...

Our assignment was to take one of five words and write a story. The words were Turkey, Sweat, Technology, Inspiration, and Witness. I...

Or, What a Difference a Day Makes The first day in Dakar had been a bit of a bust. Yes, we got to experience some of the city, markets,...

We are on a ship. A group was formed to help each other with creative writing. The assignment was to look at this photo and write 1000...

Like most days, I was up before the dawn. Like most days, I went to the Observatory Lounge at the front of the ship to watch the sun...

We left Gijón, Spain without leaving the ship again. We were there for two days and were told that we could go ashore for a couple of...

We left Belfast on Monday night, September 30th. We stayed in the harbor for three nights before spending my birthday at sea on the way...

Hello to anyone who has been waiting for an update since Brest. I posted that blog entry on the first sea day after that disappointing...

Technical difficulties. Paperwork. Delays. Promises made and broken. It had been four months of waiting and starting and stopping. Four...

Two days ago, we were told to be ready to board our ship for departure on a 3-1/2-year cruise after four months of delays. We would be...

From the Belfray Country Inn to the Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry is about 4.2 miles. When you have been averaging close to twelve...

My hopes of Kit recovering overnight and continuing with day five of our six-day walk from Belfast to Derry/Londonderry were more hope...

Eugene dropped us off past The Ponderosa, the highest bar in Ireland, exactly where we had finished the day before. This way, our walking...

When I woke in the morning, I looked across Church Street and saw a church. This was no surprise, but there would be a few before the day...

We left the Black Bull Inn as the misty sky was changing from the dark grey of night to the light grey of morning. I threw my windbreaker...

We had started our journey across Northern Ireland from our ship, Villa Vie Odyssey, the day before. Kit and I had gotten as far as...

I will warn you now that this is my first “Posted on the fly” blog while I am living it, written and sent straight from my phone… As most...