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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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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
Noon Report: Location: N 43° 44.17′, E 007° 25.86′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: ESE 5 knots; 6 mph We arrived in Monaco shortly before 10:00 AM – so the decks were full of people watching us back in to the harbor as we came ever closer
Noon Report: Location: N 42° 05.95′, E 011° 46.44′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 13º C; 55º F Wind: SSW 7 knots; 8 mph Early start with a long day ahead of us. As we were grabbing a quick breakfast the sun disappeared. We looked up to see something the size of
Noon Report: Location: N 40° 50.22′, E 014° 15.63′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: N 10 knots; 11.5 mph After breakfast I got ready to head out on the morning excursion while Cheryl got ready to head back to bed. She’s caught my cold and is trying
Noon Report: Location: N 38° 11.76′, E 015° 33.49′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: W 15 knots; 17 mph Woke up this morning docked in Messina on the island of Sicily. Our excursion call was 8:45 so we slept a bit later and had a leisurely breakfast
Noon Report: Location: N 36° 52.05′, E 019° 43.74′ Speed: 12.8 knots Course: 286º Weather: Clear Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: SW 6 knots; 7 mph Sea: 3′ swell Not your typical sea day. First, we’re in between colds. I’m better (but not quite 100%) and Cheryl’s getting it. Second, the big all-consuming event
Noon Report: Location: N 37° 56.40′, E 023° 38.12′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 16º C; 61º F Wind: NW 4 knots; 5 mph Back in January 2020 we spent several days in Athens while on a tour of Greece, so when we reviewed the excursion options (both ship sponsored and private)
Noon Report: Location: N 39° 53.35′, E 025° 48.02′ Speed: 10.9 knots Course: 208º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 10º C; 50º F Wind: WNW 3 knots; 4 mph Sea: Calm I managed to rouse myself from sleep long enough to see Cheryl leaving to exercise, then dozed off again – waking sometime later to find