As some of you may know, Mike & Mary no longer work full-time, but we don’t like to use the word “retired” – we are staying busy! We really enjoy spending time with family, especially our grandchildren; spending time with friends; exercising and staying active; and get in some dancing, and of course teaching dance classes.
Of course one of the advantages of no longer working a full-time job is that one has the time to do some traveling. The primary purpose of this travel is rest, relaxation, and exploring; and sometimes we wear our vintage clothes, and maybe mix in a bit of dancing! Below is some info from Mike & Mary’s latest travel and adventures, with the most recent first.
October 3rd – 10th, 2026: New England and Canada cruise on the Holland America Line ship Zuiderdam. From October 3rd-10th, Mike & Mary were back at sea on the Holland America ship Zuiderdam for a cruise to some New England and Canadian ports of call. We were with a group of about 70 people, and the group had its own band that provided music for dancing.
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August 28th – 31st, 2026: Twinwood Festival, Bedfordshire, Clapham, the United Kingdom. Mike & Mary made the trip to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the annual Twinwood Festival, which is billed as the “Ultimate Vintage Festival for Music and Dance”. It was a lot of fun, and we meet a lot of great people not only from the United Kingdom, but from all over Europe, and Australia!
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o September 24th – 28th, 2025: Key West and Key Largo, FL. During our Caribbean Cruise in 2024, we went on a couple of snorkeling excursions and really enjoyed those. So we decided to take a trip to Key West, FL to check out that area and do some snorkeling, and scuba diving.
We had great weather for this trip, even though the timeframe for the trip was in the middle of “hurricane season”.
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o May 16th – 23rd, 2025. Mike and Mary were once again back on the beautiful ocean liner the
Queen Mary 2 (QM2) to make our second transatlantic crossing from Southampton, England to New York.
We once again flew into London and spent our pre-cruise time exploring that great city. Another fun trip and crossing.
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o November 20th – December 3rd, 2024. We were once again fortunate to be onboard the Queen Mary 2 (QM2), this time visiting the lesser Antilles Islands in the eastern Caribbean.
This was not a vintage cruise (although we did book the cruise through Tom Pecena at Ahoy Vintage Cruises). We really enjoyed this cruise!
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o From July 14th – 21st, 2023. Mike and Mary were fortune to make a transatlantic crossing from Southampton, England to New York on the Queen Mary 2 (QM2). The QM2 is the Cunard Line’s flagship, and is one of the few ocean liners in service making regular transoceanic crossings.
We booked the cruise through Ahoy Vintage Cruises, and were a part of a group of about 60 people that are vintage clothes enthusiasts. Overall, a fun trip.
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