Saturday, March 23, 2019

I'm on a boat!


Last Friday it emerged that my Sunday afternoon departure was moved to Saturday evening, meaning I had to cram 60 hours of packing and schlepping activity into 36—a feat which would have been impossible but for the invaluable assistance of three very dear souls (you know who you are).



Pro tip: When your broker says that freighter travel requires flexibility, believe him.

Worldly Pursuits II: When We Last Met Our Heroine...


My my, this blog title really is evergreen.

At least where a freighter voyage to Germany is involved.

Which it is here. To Hamburg specifically, by way of Baltimore, Virginia, Halifax, and Liverpool, then on to Berlin.

"What a curiously circuitous itinerary," you might say.