We’re home. Got home last night at 10:30 pm. That’s a bit later than scheduled.After a voyage blessed with “better than predicted” and “better than expected” and “missed the bad stuff by a day” weather it seems that weather finally caught up with us. We sat in the airport in Denver for an extra hour […]
Noon Report: Location: N 51° 06.73′, E 001° 19.39′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Cloudy, Occasional Rain Temperature: 11º C; 52º F Wind: SW 6 knots; 7 mph We woke up this morning docked in Dover. Our excursion didn’t leave until 8:45 so we had a bit more time for a leisurely breakfast before throwing
Noon Report: Location: N 49° 28.93′, E 000° 06.43′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Cloudy, Occasional Rain Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: SSW 10 knots; 11.5 mph Today is King Charles III coronation and London will be crazy – luckily we are off on the last of our private tours, this one arranged by
Noon Report: Location: N 48° 48.09′, W 005° 35.54′ Speed: 15.3 knots Course: 58º Weather: High Thin Clouds Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: SW 17 knots; 19.5 mph Sea: 2′ swell When last we checked in with our heros…I got to bed at 1:00 am.After turning off the alarm.So we slept until we were
Noon Report: Location: N 43° 40.43′, W 009° 26.88′ Speed: 16 knots Course: 23º Weather: High Thin Clouds Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: SW 20 knots; 23 mph Sea: 8′ swell The day started with a somewhat rocky walk on the deck. Our corse is basically NNE and the wind is driving 8′ swell
Noon Report: Location: N 38° 42.72′, W 009° 07.37′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 22º C; 71º F Wind: WSW 12 knots; 14 mph We woke up docked in Lisbon. After breakfast we returned to the stateroom where I threw stuff in the day bag for my excursion while Cheryl went back
Noon Report: Location: N 36° 04.54′, W 006° 35.59′ Speed: 14.5 knots Course: 288º Weather: High Thin Clouds/low fog Temperature: 19º C; 66º F Wind: ESE 25 knots; 29 mph Sea: 8′ swell We were scheduled to cross thru the Strait of Gibraltar at 9:30 this morning so we bounded out of bed early in
Noon Report: Location: N 37° 35.70′, W 000° 59.10′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Clear Temperature: 18º C; 64º F Wind: ENE 9 knots; 10 mph We didn’t arrive in Cartagena until noon today so we started slowly. We enjoyed a lingered-over breakfast on the Aquivit Terrace and skipped lectures on The History of Aviation
Noon Report: Location: N 41° 22.27′, E 002° 10.78′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 18º C; 64º F Wind: WSW 6 knots; 7 mph Up, Track, Breakfast, Onto the dock to meet our guide (Gina), on the bus, on the road… We drove thru the section of town known as L’Eixample (“the
Noon Report: Location: 42° 15.85′, E 005° 15.81′ Speed: 9 knots Course: 245º Weather: High Thin Clouds Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: E 5 knots; 6 mph Sea: 3′ swell Cheryl is still recovering from this nasty head cold (and her sprained ankle was swollen) so I left her peacefully sleeping and hit the