This is a trip report. For those of you who are still reading this, I will try to be brief. I think I will also break it up into parts to avoid putting you to sleep. Still reading? OK, you are a glutton for punishment. We left home via I-75 traveling by Toyota. After a brief stop in Georgia to see some grandkids (No. 4 & 5)we proceeded to Tampa, Florida. Got there early on Saturday, so we drove over and looked at the Gulf of Mexico which resembles an ocean. Then we went down town and boarded the MS Veendam, a cruise ship we had sailed on once before. All of Holland America's ships have names that end in "dam." I have no idea why, but then I don't speak Dutch. I am also confused by the fact that a Dutch company includes the word "America" in it's name, has a ship built in Italy, registers said ship in the Bahamas, staffs it with Indonesian and Filapino people and then sails it to Mexico and assorted island nations. But then what do I know about the shipping business?
Still reading? Coming up next; part two.
Howard