Category Archives: Europe

Gibraltar, United Kingdom

Posted on April 15, 2024 by patmathews

April 14, 2024 This is our second visit to Gibraltar so we decided to walk to the cable car and go to the top of the rock on our own. We were actually the first people to get off of … Continue reading →

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Arrecife (Lanzarote), Spain

Posted on April 11, 2024 by patmathews

April 11, 2024 Yesterday we were notified that the tour we had scheduled was canceled. So, our plan is to see this port on our own. This is the third of the Canary Islands that we visit on this trip. … Continue reading →

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Posted on April 10, 2024 by patmathews

April 10, 2024 Today was a day of embarkation for new guests for this segment of the cruise. Here is our itinerary. It was still dark when we woke up so these are the first pictures I got. As you … Continue reading →

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Posted on April 9, 2024 by patmathews

April 9, 2024 My previous post just loaded after I tried for 2 days. It has been hard to get the pictures downloaded during our 2 days at sea. Finally it worked! So let’s hope this one works too. Las … Continue reading →

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Leaving for home

Posted on April 14, 2022 by patmathews

April 14, 2022 These evil warm freshly baked sticky buns called my name every day at breakfast and I resisted. But we are leaving today. So does that make it net zero with my usual fruit? Servers and wait staff … Continue reading →

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Trieste, Italy

Posted on April 13, 2022 by patmathews

April 13, 2022 First the good news.  Our Covid tests were negative this morning.  And we saw the sunrise from the balcony. Today we are exploring Trieste.  This is our port of call instead of Venice which does not allow … Continue reading →

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Koper, Slovenia

Posted on April 12, 2022 by patmathews

April 11, 2022 Slovenia is another country we have never visited so we were looking forward to today. Our sail in was beautiful as most of these Mediterranean countries are, but a difference today was that when we looked down … Continue reading →

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Dubrovnik, Croatia

Posted on April 11, 2022 by patmathews

April 11, 2022 So many people have told me how beautiful Dubrovnik is.. well it certainly lived up to expectations and then some! George Bernard Shaw visited the city in 1929 and said “If you want to see heaven on … Continue reading →

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Corfu, Greece

Posted on April 10, 2022 by patmathews

April 10, 2022 Our port of call today is Corfu, Greece.  We arrived while it was still a bit dark outside but you could still see one of the forts as we sailed in. Our guide is Zita who was … Continue reading →

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Katakolon, Greece

Posted on April 9, 2022 by patmathews

April 9, 2022 We arrived at our first port in Greece this morning.  The village of Katakolon is on the western coast of Greece’s largest peninsula, the Peloponnese.  It is best known as the gateway to one of ancient Greece’s … Continue reading →

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