Where am I? Who am I? What am I doing?

First question: Where am I? As often as possible I am on a cruise ship traveling the world. In the past, I have blogged  about our travels and tried to upload photos as well. I say tried because the Internet connection on a ship is much slower than we are used to and I can't wait for photos to upload. This time I plan to take a flash drive and try Internet Cafes thanks to JW's suggestion.

Right now we are between cruises. Last week we were on the Crown Princess in the Western Caribbean with family. In two weeks we will be on the Holland America Prisendam for the Grand Africa and Mediterranean Voyage for 62 days. It will be our first cruise with HAL and we will be missing our loyalty perks from Princess and Cunard, like free Internet and laundry. But the itinerary is outstanding, with calls in many countries we have not been to as well as a stop in Syracuse, Italy. As long time residents of Syracuse NY, we are looking forward to visiting the Italian city of the same name. You will also see below that we may not be stopping as scheduled in Egypt, Morocco, Israel... Who knows at this point how stable the region will be by the time we arrive in the area.

Day             Date             Port                        

0             12 Mar 2011             Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US                        

1             13 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

2             14 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

3             15 Mar 2011             Gustavia (St. Barts), France            

4             16 Mar 2011             Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe           

5             17 Mar 2011             Fort-De-France, Martinique           

6             18 Mar 2011             Bridgetown, Barbados             

7             19 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

8             20 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

9             21 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

10             22 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

11             23 Mar 2011             Mindelo, Cape Verde            

12             24 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

13             25 Mar 2011             Banjul, Gambia            

14             26 Mar 2011             Dakar, Senegal            

15             27 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

16             28 Mar 2011             At Sea                        

17             29 Mar 2011             Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Spain                       

18             30 Mar 2011             Santa Cruz (Tenerife), Spain                         

19             31 Mar 2011             Arrecife, Canary Islands             

20             01 Apr 2011             Agadir, Morocco 

21             02 Apr 2011             Casablanca, Morocco             

22             03 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

23             04 Apr 2011             Cartagena, Spain             

24             05 Apr 2011             Mahon, Spain              

25             06 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

26             07 Apr 2011             La Spezia, Italy 

27             08 Apr 2011             Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy            

28             09 Apr 2011             Lipari, Italy 

29             10 Apr 2011             Syracuse, Italy 

30             11 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

31             12 Apr 2011             Kotor, Montenegro 

32             13 Apr 2011             Split, Croatia 

33             14 Apr 2011             Venice, Italy             

34             15 Apr 2011             Venice, Italy                         

35             16 Apr 2011             Ravenna (San Marino), Italy             

36             17 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

37             18 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

38             19 Apr 2011             Alexandria (Cairo), Egypt            

39             20 Apr 2011             Port Said, Egypt             

40             21 Apr 2011             Ashdod (Jerusalem), Israel             

41             22 Apr 2011             Haifa, Israel             

42             23 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

43             24 Apr 2011             Bodrum, Turkey             

44             25 Apr 2011             Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey            

45             26 Apr 2011             Piraeus (Athens), Greece             

46             27 Apr 2011             Monemvasia, Greece 

47             28 Apr 2011             Katakolon, Greece             

48             29 Apr 2011             At Sea                        

49             30 Apr 2011             Cagliari, Italy 

50             01 May 2011             At Sea                        

51             02 May 2011             Motril, Spain             

52             03 May 2011             Cadiz (Seville), Spain             

53             04 May 2011             At Sea                        

54             05 May 2011             Funchal (Madeira), Portugal             

55             06 May 2011             At Sea                        

56             07 May 2011             At Sea                        

57             08 May 2011             At Sea                        

58             09 May 2011             At Sea                        

59             10 May 2011             At Sea                        

60             11 May 2011             At Sea                        

61             12 May 2011             At Sea                        

62             13 May 2011             Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US           

The other questions will have to wait until another day - or month.