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“I’m Too Old for Residential Cruising”

by Randy Cassingham

Kit and I have heard this many times: the contention that someone is “too old” to live on a ship traveling the entire world — or even to travel at all.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, Personalities, Ship Life, Video 4 Comments

Video Tours of Our Ship Food Service

by Randy Cassingham

Want to see what we eat on the Odyssey? It’s all here in videos from two of our friends onboard from the Youtube channel Living Life on a Cruise.

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Categories Flavor, Personalities, Ship Life, Video 5 Comments

Tell Your Friends

by Kit Cassingham

Sometimes the “places where nobody goes” are the best ones to visit.

Categories Attitude, Flavor, Ship Life 26 Comments

The Ethics Of Helping

by Kit Cassingham

When we left Colorado I thought our volunteering days were over. Man, was I wrong.

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Categories Flavor, Ship Life 23 Comments

Melbourne

by Randy Cassingham

New Zealand and Australia were definitely part of my Bucket List, and This is True readers were a big part of making Melbourne special.

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Categories Blog, Flavor, Progress, Ship Life 23 Comments

Polishing Up On History

by Kit Cassingham

During my first visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, I visited the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was my first time on a a ship of that class.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, Personalities, Ship Life 21 Comments

How’s the Internet, Really? (Part 2)

by Randy Cassingham

I wrote about how the Internet aboard ship is “…Really?” back in April. Time for an update.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, Preparation, Progress, Ship Life, Video 7 Comments

One Year In: Life On The Odyssey

by Kit Cassingham

September 30 marks one year since we sailed away from Belfast, finally starting our Residential Cruising journey that we set into motion in May of 2023.

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Categories Flavor, Progress, Ship Life 25 Comments

Our Talented Performers

by Randy Cassingham

I’m often asked if we have entertainment onboard, “like a regular cruise ship.” Indeed so. They vary in their quality, right up to absolutely superb.

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Categories Flavor, Personalities, Ship Life, Video 9 Comments

The Light at Night

by Randy Cassingham

I’ve talked about “community” and the talented people on board our ship from several different angles. This one is a very different angle.

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Categories Flavor, Personalities, Ship Life, Video 6 Comments

The Media Takes Notice

by Randy Cassingham

It’s true that “the media” has long been interested in the Residential Cruising concept, even if I did have to kick them to look at the bigger picture.

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Categories Flavor, News, Ship Life, Video 32 Comments

Jumping Ship for a Bit

by Randy Cassingham

We are on our way back to the ship after 15 days ashore. The “why” is an example of one of the options for how to do routine medical care when you live a Residential Cruising life.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, Ship Life 19 Comments

The Tobago Surprise

by Kit Cassingham

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island nation I’ve long known of since learning about the West Indies. I learned a bit more because our ship’s Chief Purser, Alex, grew up there, and still lives there.

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Categories Flavor, Personalities, Progress, Ship Life 27 Comments

The Honeymoon Isn’t Over

by Randy Cassingham

This ain’t the Love Boat, but you would be excused to think maybe there’s an element of that, according to recent news headlines. Because, sure, there is an element of that.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, News, Personalities, Ship Life 13 Comments

The Mystery of the Traveling Shoes

by Randy Cassingham

A resident Kit and I are friends with keeps finding shoes as she travels from city to city (including long before she got aboard our ship). That’s right, shoes, and definitely not usually broken-down discards.

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Categories Attitude, Flavor, Personalities 19 Comments
 
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