by The Inside Cabin | Feb 6, 2020 | Chile, Punta Arenas, Knitting, 2020 Grand World Voyage, South America
Day 34, Punta Arenas After a smooth night at sea, we arrived in Punta Arenas early this morning. There are two places that cruise ships moor here, either downtown, which is preferable, or about 5 miles out of town in the commercial port. Today we will be moored in...
by The Inside Cabin | Jan 4, 2020 | USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America, Knitting, 2020 Grand World Voyage
Day 1 We arrived in Fort Lauderdale mid-day Thursday which gave us one full day to recover from our jet lag before boarding the Amsterdam on Saturday. In the past we stayed at one of the many hotels near Port Everglades, but this time we stayed at the Residence Inn in...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 5, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Africa, South Africa, Cape Town, Knitting
Day 91 – April 5th, Cape Town South Africa After getting up early for most of the last week, we slept in this morning and left the ship around noon. The skies were clear blue but looking over at table Mountain there is a small clump of clouds at the summit right...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 4, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Africa, South Africa, Cape Town, Knitting
Day 90 – April 4th – Cape Town, South Africa Archbishop Desmond Tutu The Amsterdam would have a special guest this afternoon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who would receive the first Shared Humanity Award from Holland America in recognition of a lifetime...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania, Fremantle (Perth), Knitting
Day 49, 22 Feb – Perth Yarn Crawl Today was the high-water mark of our World Knitting Cruise as we visited 5 yarn shops in less than 8 hours. We contacted some local knitters via Ravelry before we began this cruise and they were helpful in identifying the best local...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, Austrailia, Oceania, Albany, Knitting
Day 47, 20 Feb Albany, Western Australia Albany sits on the south eastern coast of Australia about 250 miles south, south east from Perth. This is as far south of the equator as San Luis Obispo or North Carolina are north of the equator, so the temperatures here...
