Gibraltar

Gibraltar

I was awoken by my phone welcoming me to Morocco. That sounded very exotic. I looked out of the stateroom to see if I could spy that familiar rock formation. It wasn’t there – maybe we really were in Morocco. Brian pointed out that Gibraltar was probably on the other...
Cartagena

Cartagena

After leaving Rome we sailed between Sardinia and Corsica overnight, and headed for Cartagena. The sea was totally flat, and a beautiful blue, there was minimal wind, and it was warm, not hot. A perfect summer sea day. Perfect for swimming and sunbathing, and that’s...
Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia

Although I had decided that we should not do any further Cunard shore excursions. We had to issue of meeting my cousin in Rome for lunch.   Normally we would go into Rome by train from Civitavecchia, but it seemed that every train we were on in the UK was...
La Spezia

La Spezia

We had handed in our list of what was missing from the suitcases, and yesterday asked if anything had been discarded or whether it would be returned to us in Southampton. Hopefully it can all be returned to us, especially my little bag of cruise essentials. Also my...
Barcelona

Barcelona

We have been to Barcelona several times, but each time we seem to be spending most of our time in the Sagrada Familia Cathedral. The first time we visited Barcelona was in 1998. It was on the Vistafjord, and a cold, blustery, November day. The kind when you really...