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 Zuiderdam. From Oct. 3rd-10th, Mike & Mary were back at sea on the Holland America ship Zuiderdam for a cruise to some New England and Canadian ports. 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 from Australia!
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o September 2025: Key West and Key Largo, FL. During our Caribbean Cruise, 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 scuba diving.
We had great weather for that Sep. 24-28, 2025 trip, even though the timeframe for the trip was in the middle of “hurricane season”.
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o From 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.
Overall, another fun trip and crossing. Click here for more info on that cruise.
o From 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! Click here for more info on that cruise.
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 capable of a transoceanic crossing. 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. Click here for more info on that cruise.