April 30, 2024
Holyhead is the largest town on the island of Anglesey located in North Wales. It is pronounced Holly Head. It is a busy ferry port that links Ireland with Britain.
It took the captain over an hour to get the ship into port with the heavy winds. At one point the ship was listing to one side quite a bit. Many passengers were waiting for their tours, but we didn’t book one for today.
It was raining heavily off and on and very windy. We had been to Conway Castle in the past, and all of the information books said the town is pretty sad, so we decided to stay on board and watch the Madrid Open tennis and a movie. We think it was the best choice!
I forgot to put this photo on the blog from Dublin. We’ve seen many oil trucks in our travels, but not Guinness trucks!
They were lined up at the port.
Tonight is our last Oceania Club cocktail party and we have only 2 days of touring left before we depart on Friday. It all went very fast.
First place in trivia today!
Pat and Norm's World Cruises and other adventures 
Thanks for the Guiness truck picture, I’ve never seen one before either.
Have a safe trip home.
Our ATW cruise will end with a “sour note” this time because we are forfeiting our beautiful itinerary around the Mediterranean and instead, “speeding” around the entire Continent of Africa to reach Portugal. All because of the Israel/Hamas’ war, it is now not safe for any cruise ship to sail through the Suez Canal. We are now picking up 7 more sea days instead of all those Port visits in the Mediterranean. We are given no choice and no alternative. After a lot of “crying”. Oceania then offered us a Future Cruise Credit to the tune of 5% of the cost of our present ATW cruise.
We understand some cruise line is offering as much as 13%. No matter how much we tried, they will not change this 5% amount which they labeled as “generous” offer.
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