We set sail out of Miami to Barcelona on the evening of April 12, 2012. It is a date immortalized by the sinking of Titantic. As we sailed into the evening, approaching the fateful hour, I was reminded once again of the power of Water. Being far from land and surrounded by the Element, I heightened my respect for Water, and in the ways we use the Precious Resource, on our first trans-Atlantic some 6 years ago: it is a necessity to keep us alive and it has a force that can take that same life away in an overpowering instant and so Water deserves our respect. I happened to look out a window while we were having dinner, and I noticed that the ocean was extremely calm, very similar to how the waters were described on the night of April 14, 1912. It seemed to me the Ocean wanted to pay respect to and to honour those who had perished 100 years ago in its waters several thousand kilometres north from where we were.

Now I take you to our trans-Atlantic crossing of April 2012.

Over the years we have accumulated 15 cruises on four major cruise lines. Most of our cruises, (11, in fact) have been with Norwegian, and it is with them that we find the best cruise experience. We come back to them cruse after cruise because they offer us the freedom and flexibility that other lines have not. We like freestyle because we don't need suits/tuxes and ties. We don't have to dine at a given and set time, and we don't have to share a table if we don't want to do so. But it is much more than that which brings us back. We feel we are travelling with friends and family who work on board a Norwegian ship. Read more