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I'm probably one of a few people on HN who actually went across The Atlantic on a liner (not a repositioning cruise ship). My grandmother was too afraid to fly,
by coldcode 6y ago
I'm probably one of a few people on HN who actually went across The Atlantic on a liner (not a repositioning cruise ship). My grandmother was too afraid to fly, so in the mid 60's we went to Germany (where my family is from) from New York on one of the last liners (I was too young to remember much). We also took a train from Michigan where we lived, so it was probably a lot like travel 50 years earlier.
- turbonaut 6y agoCunard (subject to the pandemic) still operate a transatlantic service with Queen Mary II - which they describe as a true liner. The crossing between New York and Southampton takes seven days. The clocks are changed by an hour on each sea day so you arrive in port on the target time zone. The transit under the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge is quite spectacular... https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/this-ship-is-so-big-the-verrazano-cringes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/nyregion/this-ship-is-so-...
- schrectacular 6y agoMy elderly next door neighbor died last year and one of the things she wanted me to have was a stack of menus frombher ocean liber trip in the mid-60's. She fondly remembered the voyage and the several months abroad taking g care of her "rich lush of an aunt". I did keep the menus and they are actually quite fun to peruse.
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