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Barcelona, Spain February 28th, 2025 This must be a mistake. When I looked out of the window it looked like we were in Barcelona. How could this have happened? It seems like we were here just a few days ago. So much has happened since then. These past 90 days seem...

At Sea February 27th, 2025 How did this happen? Today is our last full day on board the Sojourn. We are clearly not ready to leave – after the partying last night we didn’t wake up until after 10:00. This was not good, as we hadn’t even started to think about...

Melilla, Spain February 26th, 2025 Our final port was to be Oran, Algeria. We had never been to Algeria, and I was very excited to visit Algeria’s 2nd largest city. It looked like a fascinating port, with an exotic old part of the city. However, like many things on...

At Sea February 25th, 2025 The Herald said we would be in the Strait of Gibraltar today. Well I would have thought we went through the Strait yesterday. I looked outside, and it looked like we were indeed not in the Strait but were passing a rather impressive...

Gibraltar February 24th, 2025 Some times when you need a sea day, they just don’t give you one. Today we are in Gibraltar. Back in Europe again, we are gradually leaving Africa behind. Nick had tried to plan a special treat for the Grand Voyage folks. We would...

Casablanca, Morocco February 23rd, 2025 Yesterday Ilise had texted us about her arrangements to fly to the US, and had mentioned that there would be a time change at midnight. This seemed to be very strange, as it was the end of February, so it was unlikely to be a...

Casablanca, Morocco February 22nd, 2025 When I looked at my phone this morning there was a text from Ilise. David’s brother was seriously ill so they were making arrangements to fly back to the US. This was so sad, and a horrible way to end what had been a...

At Sea February 21st, 2025 120 people joined the ship in Las Palmas, so this was our first experience of what the ship felt like at capacity. It has never felt empty, even for the first segment of the cruise where we had a very low guest count, but it definitely...

Arrecife, Lanzarote February 20th, 2025 There were 2 large ships in port with us, as well as a  smaller one called La Belle Des Oceans. Now that looks like a nice ship, I looked her up on Google. She is described as a a small, yacht-type cruise ship operated by...

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria February 19th, 2025 We are back in Europe! I must say that the port didn’t look very exciting, and there were no souvenir stalls in sight, no dancers or drummers, no cranes or rusty ships, just a very non-descript dock. I watched them lower...

At Sea February 18th, 2025 It is so interesting. I looked out the window this morning and the Atlantic looked as smooth as a mill pond. However, the ship is still pitching, and walking around is a challenge. All very strange. The deck crew were out power washing...

On Rough Seas February 17th, 2025 Every day on the Sojourn is a good day, but today was particularly good. The sea continued to be rough, but it was exactly the correct amount of swell, 3 meters. We didn’t see any waves come over the deck outside the Observation...