Monthly Archives: October 2024

Due to an issue with the way that Apple mail clients sometimes handle inline images, if you are reading on an Apple device you should click on “read in blog” or “reader” to ensure you see all images. We visited … Continue reading →

Due to an issue with the way that Apple mail clients sometimes handle inline images, if you are reading on an Apple device you should click on “read in blog” or “reader” to ensure you see all images. We visited … Continue reading →

Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, located on the Mediterranean coast.It was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. The day started with a magnificent sunrise. We were docked again, so disembarking was easy. As the port is about … Continue reading →

We visited Malaga on our cruise earlier in the year so opted for a quick walk around the town. Another giant cruise ship was in town as well, and disgorge 3200 passengers into the town centre so it was quite … Continue reading →

Due to an issue with the way that Apple mail clients sometimes handle inline images, if you are reading on an Apple device you should click on “read in blog” or “reader” to ensure you see all images. Due to … Continue reading →

Due to an issue with the way that Apple mail clients sometimes handle inline images, if you are reading on an Apple device you should click on “read in blog” or “reader” to ensure you see all images We have … Continue reading →

We were meant to go to La Ciotat in France but the weather was forecast be too rough for tender operations so we went to Toulon instead. However, while Toulon is the port, the closest town to the ship was … Continue reading →

We were docked again so no exciting tender ride :). Cagliari has a population of 150,000 people but apart from our ship’s 600 passengers, an MSC cruse ship with 2550 passengers was also in port and disgorged its human contents … Continue reading →

Trapani is in Sicily. We were docked and able to walk off the ship and straight into the old part of town. An absolutely gorgeous town and a delight to spend time walking around. We were the only ship in … Continue reading →

We were fortunate today to be docked so going ashore was merely walking off the ship. We arrived at about 8pm and stayed overnight. We did another ship’s tour today as we wanted to move away from the capital and … Continue reading →

Another tender port. We were anchored a fair distance from the port and the sea was doing its impression of a washing machine. I was surprised that the tenders were operated with the metre high swell and high wind. Usually … Continue reading →

Another day of beautiful weather. We sailed into the dock just after sunrise and the 13th century Castello Maniace citadel that guards the approach was illuminated nicely. The citadel is an impressive structure and dominates the headland. Unfortunately we couldn’t … Continue reading →

Another tender trip to shore. We were here a few months ago and walked around the town so this time we decided to do a tour. It was a coach tour of some of the island culminating in a pizza … Continue reading →