Rick Steves Noticed a HAL Ship!

[jhannah]

I think it's neat when travel writers mention, even casually, Holland America. In Rick Steves' online blog he wrote about leaving his camera in his room. "Today I left the hotel without it and, as usual, I missed two fun shots: a massive Holland America cruise ship gliding by the Venice harborfront looking like it would destroy the Doge's Palace, and a bunch of white-bonneted chefs gathered outside an ancient building during a fire alarm."

I guess we've all had times we didn't have our cameras with us and wished we did.

If you like Rick, you'll enjoy his blog. www.ricksteves.com/blog (http://www.ricksteves.com/blog)

[Stevesan]

I think it's neat when travel writers mention, even casually, Holland America. In Rick Steves' online blog he wrote about leaving his camera in his room. "Today I left the hotel without it and, as usual, I missed two fun shots: a massive Holland America cruise ship gliding by the Venice harborfront looking like it would destroy the Doge's Palace, and a bunch of white-bonneted chefs gathered outside an ancient building during a fire alarm."

I guess we've all had times we didn't have our cameras with us and wished we did.

If you like Rick, you'll enjoy his blog. www.ricksteves.com/blog (http://www.ricksteves.com/blog)

Rick might 'mention' HAL, but he'd only book EasyCruise!

[bepsf]

Rick might 'mention' HAL, but he'd only book EasyCruise!

I dunno - the way they're discounting some cruises to below Carnival rates nowadays...

[PDAZ]

Rick might 'mention' HAL, but he'd only book EasyCruise!
:D :D :D

I spent two lovely weeks wandering around Ireland and the UK with Rick Steves' books in my Rick Steves backpack ;)

[Krazy Kruizers]

jhanna - you are so right about the camera!! We have done several cruises several times and decided that since we had been to all those ports we wouldn't take a camera. And of course -- there were some pictures we wanted to take.

[MrsMuir]

Rick Steves is a class act. I remember him from the late 70s, when he used to host travel slideshows -- long before photos were on the Internet. I was also privileged to attend a couple of his travel writing seminars in the 80s. He is a Prince. Rick and his wife paid for and built an entire apartment building in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, for the use of at-need mothers and their families. Rick is one of my favorite people in the world, and I recommend his blog.

[Solo Cruiser]

Jim: Thanks for the blog website. I've always enjoyed his TV shows now I can check out all the stuff before the editors get hold of the info. :D