We decided to return to Blu for breakfast this morning. I had a really good parfait and Sam had an omelette that she said was better than at the buffet. We then spent the morning and afternoon relaxing by the pool. Lunch was at the buffet again and your standard fare. The Beatles tribute band, […]
Celebrity Summit – Sea Day 2
We got breakfast at the buffet today which was your standard cruise fare. They did have a poached egg station which was nice to see. For the rest of the morning and early afternoon, we lazed by the pool and swam a bit. Later in the afternoon, we went to the coffee shop for afternoon […]
Celebrity Summit – Sea Day 1
We had breakfast in Blu this morning. I had the eggs benedict and Sam had an omelette. Both were good and very fresh. We then went up on deck and found a place to read and get some sun by the pool. Mid-afternoon, we came back to the room to get out of the sun […]
Celebrity Summit – Embarkation
We drove to Loewe’s Hotel ORD for a park-sleep-fly package the night before the cruise. This is my favorite hotel to stay or park at by O’Hare. Parking is only $5 per day for an inside spot in the garage if you book in advance – Loews O’Hare Parking. In addition, the shuttle runs 24/7 every […]
Introduction – Celebrity Summit Repositioning Cruise
This trip report is long overdue. In October, we took a repositioning cruise on the Celebrity Summit from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Unlike most trips, we didn’t plan this cruise extremely far in advance. We booked shortly after final payment which was about 90 days before the cruise due to a good […]
Backpacking Trip to Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois
In the middle of October, we decided to do a backpacking trip in Southern Illinois at the Garden of the Gods in the Shawnee National Forest. We had a free weekend and the weather looked like it would be good so we went for it. The forest was about a 4 hour drive from our […]
Achilles Run, NYC Pride March, and Wrap Up
We stopped by a bakery to grab a quick breakfast before our run. Then we headed to the start of the Achilles Hope & Possibility race. Achilles International is an organization to support all types of disabilities. This was by far the biggest run we have done – there were about 6,000 people running the […]
9/11 Museum, One World Observatory, Circle Line Tour, Aureole, Cats
We took the subway down to the 9/11 Museum to be there right when they opened at 9am. Unfortunately, there was some construction work, so we had to make an extra train change and they were all running behind schedule. We did end up making it on time, but we had to grab breakfast on […]
Central Park, R Lounge, and Phantom of the Opera
Our trip did not get off to the best start. There was some really bad weather all over the Midwest and East and I got a notification that our flight to Detroit was delayed. We only had a 50 minute layover, so I did not want to get stuck with a cascading delay that would […]
Park Hyatt New York
After arriving at LaGuardia, we took the subway to the hotel. I looked at traffic vs the subway, and it was basically the same, so we went the public transit route. You have to take a bus and then a subway train to get to downtown Manhattan from LaGuardia. I could see it would be […]