This week, we are participating in a Halloween Blogapalooza - sharing scary or strange travel stories with sites around the internet! Hosted by our Very Own Italy Editor, Angela Nickerson, this Blogapalooza offers three fabulous goodie bags, and a plethora of great sites with great travel stories to share.

How do you participate?  Read our story!  Then head over to Angela's site, Just Go!. There will be a list of over 30 participating blogs - please visit them and make comments. AND, enter the drawing on Just Go! to win one of three fabulous goodie bags. What do you get? A bunch of great writers, sharing scary stories. Let's go!

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My husband, Ed, has a great story of his scariest trip ever. When he
was in high school, he, his mother, and other family friends took a
cruise to Bermuda and Nassau, on the SS Rotterdam.

They left from New York City, and at first the cruise was quite
enjoyable. The food was amazing (as cruise food can be) and showy - ice
sculptures and 5- or 6-course meals. There were many activities, two
pools (indoor and outdoor), and a musical theater for both live shows
on stage and movies.  There was a casino, different shops, and plenty
of planned activities to do for all ages.

Two days into the trip, they started hitting rough waters. The
Captain ordered the portholes closed, and announced to the passengers
that they were going through a hurricane. The deck was closed.

They also found out that they were simultaneously going through the
Bermuda Triangle.  95% of the entire ship was seasick and in their
cabins. Very few people came out of their cabins. Even the dining room,
which was normally very full, was sparsely populated. 

And the worst part? Right before the storm hit, they had all watched The Poseidon Adventure in the movie theater. The Poseidon Adventure is a movie about a cruise ship capsizing while going through the Bermuda Triangle. In the movie, almost everyone dies. NOT a good choice of movie, to be shown on a cruise even in the best of weather.

After pulling through the Bermuda Triangle, the hurricane, and
landing in Bermuda, some of the passengers opted to take an airplane
back. Others were quite nervous heading back.  And my husband? He's not
been on a cruise since.

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Head over to Just Go! at  http://aknickerson.blogspot.com/ to check out more scary or strange travel stories.

and thanks, Angela, for hosting it!

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