LIVING ON A CRUISE SHIP
“ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough .” - Mae West Regent Seven Seas Navigator, docked in Bermuda Most of us are creatures of routine. When a change in our living circumstances occurs, we quickly establish routines to (a) sooth ourselves, and (b) inject some efficiency into our situation. Being on a cruise for three months is no different—a certain level of routine rapidly emerges. So, when asked how we can stand to be on a cruise that long, the answer is easy. The cruise ship becomes home, and we treat it as such. Days on a cruise ship come in two types: port days and sea days. In other words, days that the ship is docked (or anchored) and we can get off and explore, and days when the ship is chugging across the sea and thus no one can leave the ship. On the 89 days of this cruise, we had 66 port days and 23 sea days. Almost 1/3 of the latter were at the end of the journey, as we crossed the Atlantic Ocean back to New York. Since