J'Adore: Cruise Ships Floating By My Window

I’ve told you that drinking French Roast in bed with me can be a magical experience … especially when cruise ships arrive and depart in the New York Harbor.  Looks are deceiving, and you swear that you might fly aboard, an overgrown seagull.

The view from bed is a visually-precise sightline, in which the two-blocks of city scape separating me from the water disappear, leaving only the Hudson outside my high-floor window.

In a moment of relaxed exhaustion … the world’s largest floating hotels invite you ondeck, creating in a spontaneous moment of reckless abandonment. For a few seconds, we are tempted to ignore tomorrow’s obligations and today’s responsibilities in an adventure at sea.

Then reality knocks on the door, reminding us that we aren’t free to follow this momentary flight of fancy.

I’ve never cruised in one of these mega ships. My best vacation was in a tiny boat, sailing towards Ithaca.

The London Times reviews the biggest, the grandest of the new luxury liners Eurodam, carrying 2100 passengers  “quiet” getaways. I’m glad the Times found a picture of water, because they’re few and far between on the Holland America Eurodam website.

The Eurodam looks like Las Vegas to me … which is the trend. The fact that I find Vegas without soul, is irrelevant to the millions of folks who flock there. 

According to the Times, if you don’t like Eurodam, “you probably shouldn’t go cruising.”

I always wonder what folks see, from the ship’s decks, departing New York Harbor. Do they see me waving?

Here’s a quickie vid of the Eurodam, leaving Marghera, Italy.

What a familiar sound! It makes me want to fly like Peter Pan, landing on board this Arabella sailing ship, racing fast into the New York Harbor, before anyone notices that I’m missing.

Hmmmm . . heavenly.

Love,
Anne