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What can I say. This is what happens when a pandemic gets in the way of your travel plans for a couple of years. So in January 2021 we booked a cruise – from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to London – by way of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Mumbai, Rome. You get the picture. So buckle up buttercup and let’s see how this all plays out.
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One additional note. Our cruise ship has wifi. It’s supposed to work in the middle of the ocean. But I’m not sure how much bandwidth we’ll have to upload photos and videos, so posts might be delayed from time to time. Bear with me and we’ll see what we can do.
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This may be more for me than you.It should help both of us if we need to find a particular port or post.Cheers, R Page 15 WC001 12/22/22 Boarding Day WC002 12/23/22 Sea Day WC003 12/24/22 Cozumel, Mexico WC004 12/25/22 Christmas Day at Sea WC005 12/26/22 Yet Another Sea Day WC006 12/27/22 Cartagena, Colombia WC007 […]
Noon Report: Location: N 51° 28.17′, W 000° 27.5′ (Heathrow Airport) Speed: Waiting Course: None Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 16º C, 61º F Wind: WNW 8 knots, 9 mph The alarm went off at 6:00. Which is not to say that it woke us up. On a big day like today you don’t tend to sleep.
Noon Report: Location: N 51° 29.06′, W 000° 00.87′ Speed: Anchored Course: Anchored Weather: Cloudy / chance of rain Temperature: 15.5º C, 60º F Wind: SW 8 knots, 9 mph WE MADE IT!Way back last year, when someone asked what our itinerary was, I would respond; “We’ll know when we get to London.” So now
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