Fall trip to
Scotland 2017/Carlos Pueblo
A new
advertisement popped up late last night for a transatlantic cruise
trip which I
was watching for. After the night of waiting, I got a help from
my agent to
book this cruise in late September from Southampton,
England to
New York City 11 days. I like the price plus that I can fulfill my
wish to
visit Edinburgh. Scotland where I have missed several times.
It is a
reposition ship which is returning to U.S. for the Caribbean cruise
during the
winter and back to Europe next spring. Usually I can get a more
reasonable
rate for the trip in compare with the transportation, room and
board etc.
in total combination. Especially after 13 times travel with the
same cruise
line, I have made acquainted with some staff on board of
several
ships. Even though there are only four stops on the way back to
NYC, I feel
that I have plenty time to look around Shetland Islands, Scotland;
Reykjavik,
Iceland; St. John’s, New Foundland; Portland, Maine. Before the
embark, we shall
have two days in London and three days in Edinburgh.
I was
checking on several options for this fall trip to Europe. The first one choice
was from
Rome, Italy 15 days to Miami, Florida and the rate was gradually dropped
to my
expecting level, then another route price dropped to my comfort, from
Barcelona,
Spain to Port Canaveral, Florida 14 days. This was the same ship which I
took in 2016
and I didn’t mind to re-arrange my mileage flight round trip back and
forth to
Spain; however, it was not convenient and economic in any calculation. Now,
this one
come along and I get a chance to understand how the Viking make their journey
to the North
America, actually the route is shorter than the previous one from Spain to
Florida
which Columbus’.
Southampton
is still a major port for cross Atlantic Ocean. The Titanic story started here
and also
some more, if I am not mistaken, Titanic is made in Germany and so were almost
all current
day cruise vessels. Interesting to know that the majority of passengers are
from
the U.S. yet
German put their ship building business in good use.
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