Who are you?

A. Someone who has never been on a cruise before?
B. Someone who doesn't like to fly?
C. Someone who likes to plan ahead?
D. Someone who likes brand new things?
E. Someone who loves Bermuda?

The GOOD news is, regardless of your answer, I have the vacation for you! Cruise from New York to Bermuda in 2013 on Norwegian Cruise Line's brand new ship, Breakaway! If you have never been on a cruise before, this is the perfect itinerary; a 7 night cruise that spends 3 full days in Bermuda! Live in the Northeast and don't like to fly? Drive to the port in NYC and start your vacation immediately! Always want to have future vacation plans? Pick a Sunday between May and October 2013 and BAM! Vacation, check! Like when things are brand new? Want to be the first to experience a new cruise ship? NCL Breakaway will be gleaming! Love Bermuda? This cruise is for you!



Norwegian Breakaway will sail to the beautiful pink sand beaches of Bermuda. It will dock at King's Wharf for three days, giving you the freedom to explore the beaches, golf courses, restaurants, shops and history at your leisure, and you'll have three relaxing days at sea to enjoy all the incredible amenities of this world-class ship.

Pop artist Peter Max, whose omnipresent work has appeared on everything from postage stamps to Grammy Award posters, will design the ship's hull. He called the assignment his "largest canvas ever." Max is creating four designs, from which NCL will make the final selection.

Bookings for this ship open next week. Past NCL passengers can secure a spot on October 14, and the general public will be able to book beginning October 17. Norwegian Breakwaway will have many stateroom options, incuding a solo cabin-and-lounge complex and high end suites with exclusive access to portions of the ship.



So, if you answered A,B,C,D, or E in the quiz above, then I'll expect to hear from you this week! Life is short, Cruise to Bermuda!

Laurie and Dot sharing London with us!

London Overview
A London vacation is more than a visit to a key European city. It’s an encounter with a living, breathing entity in its own right, a city full of the character and personality of having been around for nearly 2,000 years. It’s a great sponge that has absorbed and accepted people from everywhere in the world, and shows its wealth in a thousand different faces. And it’s a place where no one will bat an eyelid, or even manage a second (obvious) glance, if you decided to, say, dress as a pirate for the day. London museums spill over with treasures, while the city gets on in its edgy culture, its forward theatrical expression and otherworldly displays of life after dark. Here you can ride on a bus and hear a dozen different languages or ride down a boulevard and see a dozen eras of architectural splendor. It’s a city of extremes, where dives and luxury coexist almost side-by-side, where modern and medieval know no boundaries and where the indifferent chimes of time ring eternal. London is beautiful in parts, ugly in others, fascinating, exasperating, but always very much alive. Dive in, take a swim, go with the flow, but just don’t get in the way, because everyone’s in a hurry. But, before you get put off by the big-city blues and by Londoners’ famous froideur, remember that the city is also a collection of small towns, jammed together and called one name.

Michelle's Family in beautiful Paris!

Paris Overview
Few places are as mythologized as the French capital. No surprise then that more visitors choose a Paris vacation each year over any other city worldwide. Paris travel lives up to many of its mythological qualities. With its graceful boulevards and bridges, tree-shaded pavement cafes and accordions squeezing out timeless tunes on street corners, you'll have barely begun your Paris vacation before you'll see why it's known as the city of romance. A Paris vacation also lives up to its reputation for providing experiences of fine dining, fashion and art with household-name chefs, legendary labels and momentous museums.But other myths are way off the mark. In particular, Parisians are only too willing to speak English (or give it their best shot) if you start the conversation in the local language. Just a few basics—“bonjour” (hello), “s'il vous plait” (please), “merci” (thanks), or even just “parlez-vous anglais?” (do you speak English?)—will be hugely appreciated, and will make a sizeable difference in your Paris vacation. In the City of Light—a name Paris earned during the age of the Enlightenment—you will find countless spots to appreciate the wonder of your surroundings. Paris travel isn't complete without a trip to the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe or Notre Dame, all providing stunning and romantic views of the magnificent city. Setting Paris apart from other world cities are the foresighted planning laws that have spared it from becoming a concrete jungle, preserving its classical low-rise architecture, fountain- and pond-filled parks and hidden leafy squares. Also setting it apart is its compactness. Within its ring road, Paris’s 20 inner-city arrondissements (administrative jurisdictions) span less than six miles north-south by under seven miles east-west. Overlapping these, its village-like neighborhoods—home to some 2.2 million people—are easy to cover on foot, bicycle or metro. Anyone visiting Paris for the first time (or wanting to rediscover the magic of Paris) should definitely board a river cruise. If you just want to sit back and watch the scenery glide past, try the venerable Bateaux Mouches. To visit Paris landmarks along the way, hop on and off the Batobus, which shuttles between eight Seine-side attractions including the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre and Notre Dame. Boats run during the daytime and throughout the evening, but try to time at least part of your trip for sunset, when Paris is at its most romantic.