[Travelandtourism] Cruising

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Thank you Travor

Tonight on the Echevarria travel show.  Guest Denise mackenstadt from the nfb of Washington state

She was recently on the Pride of America by Norwegian Cruise lines.

Remember that the she will be streaming live through the www.thruoureyes.org operated by the North East Chapter of NFB of NJ.

The show is live from 8-9 pm eastern time and call on number is 1-888-572-0141

It is also available through the Travel and Tourism room on nfblive.org and i can live text chat with you.

Hope to hear from you tonight


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Trevor Attenberg via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> </div><div>Date:09/03/2014  2:18 AM  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: NFB Travel and Tourism Division List <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> </div><div>Subject: [Travelandtourism] Cruising </div><div>
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Hey gang,

I know a lot of you like cruises, so don't be offended by this silly and
intelligent article I pasted a link to below.

I once went on a cruise my grandparents invited my family on when I was
sixteen. It was from NYC to Bermuda, and of course back. I for the most part
did not enjoy it. As this was before I got any substantial mobility
training, it was felt I wouldn't be able to participate in much of the
youth-centered activities, and I shouldn't be let alone to explore. In
addition, everything was pretty much too damn expensive. As in this article,
drinking age was no different from the U.S., and thus I was to remain clean.
Actually, I think I was technically too young for the hot tub. My Mom and I
roomed together, as well as did most activities together; and we were pretty
much at are worst relationship-wise as a result. Most people, including my
mother, but not including myself got sea sick, not to mention sunburned.

While not as big a ship as the one described in the article to be sure, my
boat was bigger than any I previously boarded by a long shot. It was called
the Zenith. There was a pool, a theater, and of course plenty of places one
could drink and dump money.

                There were good moments: the food was actually generally not
bad, though this was one of the first sites I would gather evidence of my
intense scallop allergies. The entertainment director was a funny and
straight up showman, and sometimes there were entertaining shows in the
theaters. I remember one night the guy recited a long list of dumb questions
he had been asked by passengers including: do these stares go up or down,
and why don't you put fresh water in the pool so it will be less wavy? The
Bermuda beaches, while often a boar for my bookless and over-supervised
teenaged self, were actually quite beautiful, with warm, cerulean, extra
salty water, and large sparsely fern -covered dark volcanic mounds spewing
into the water from off the sides of the vast plain of white sand. Big waves
too. I think as a wiser and more independent adult, I would relish such a
landscape much more.

One somber note was the fact on our way in and out of New York City, I was
able to see, and managed to collect beautiful photographs of the Twin Towers
of the World Trade Center, glistening in a cloudless sky-today of course no
more.

Now do read this;
http://www.salon.com/2012/12/09/i_went_on_a_freaking_cruise/?utm_source=face
book&utm_medium=socialflow

Trevor A





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