Catherine DeZelar Krause

Welcome to my blog!

The purpose of this blog is simply to share various things that might be helpful to others, might be entertaining, or other random things I come up with.  This is my first blog, so I expect it to evolve over time.  I also welcome comments that make suggestions for topics that I might include in future blog posts.

News

• New Zealand 2026
  The next country on our Circle Pacific cruise was New Zealand.  We had visited in 2024, and three of our…
• 2026 Final South Pacific Stops: Samoa and Fiji
  We visited two out of the four planned remaining stops on our South Pacific itinerary.  The stop to Vanuatu was…
• French Polynesia 2026
  The second island group on our Circle Pacific cruise was French Polynesia, a new location for us.  It is one…
• Pre-Cruise Travel and Hawaii 2026
  We are currently on a Circle Pacific Cruise, from Los Angeles to Los Angeles.  We had not planned to do…
• 2025 Transatlantic Cruise Southampton to Boston
  After our 2025 travels in Europe and the UK, we returned to the US by our favorite means, a cruise…