How I Spent My Vacation, by me

So. There was a cruise. It was warm, and sunny, and full of mostly snorkeling, eating, and lounging around reading - a bit too much of the latter and not quite enough of the former, but all in all still good. But for the sake of my own memory, if nothing else, I figured I ought to preserve slightly more detail than that - and if y'all care, you're welcome to read along.

( And so it begins.... )