Casablanca and more……….
It was a very cold, but sunny morning. We arrived at City Cruise Terminal just before 11:30 and at 11:30 the check in process began. We were called to check in according to the colour of our luggage labels (we were blue), and were able to go...
January 19th, 2024 At Sea We woke up in the Bay of Biscay. Although not quite a millpond, it is certainly not rough at all. There is hardly any movement on board the ship, Brian was up early and worked out in the gym like a good lad. I was still...
January 20th, 2024 At Sea Hopefully it wasn’t related to bopping the night away, but we were awoken in the middle of the night by the announcement of a “Code Alpha” in one of the cabins. A code alpha is ship speak for a medical emergency. It’s...
January 21st, 2024 At Sea There must be a bit of a swell because although the ocean looks perfectly calm we are rolling from side to side. It is not an unpleasant sensation, in fact I love it, and love the creaking, although some are...
January 22nd, 2024 Funchal, Madeira We picked up our pilot at 9:00 and slowly made our way to the port in Funchal, cruising along the beautiful coastline. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, it had the makings of the perfect day to be a tourist. We...
January 23rd, 2024 At Sea The day did not start off well, and in fact by midmorning I was declaring “never again on Fred’, however, things did improve. It was a sea day, and time to do the laundry. I bought my token from Guest Services and went...
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 Agadir, Morocco Today we arrived in Morocco. It is a new country for us. It sounds so mysterious and romantic. I couldn’t wait to go ashore. Then I realized that one of my sandals was broken. I had gone to all the...
Thursday, January 25th, 2024 Casablanca. Morocco Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? They're taking me to Marrakesh Except we are in a coach and not taking the train from...
January 26th, 2024 It was a very hazy morning, it was difficult to see anything out of our cabin, but we were still in Casablanca and excited to head out on our Iconic Casablanca tour. After the chaos of yesterday’s tour we were hoping for...
January 27th, 2024 Tangier, Morocco Our last day in Morocco. I had it all planned out. I had bought tickets for the Hop on Hop off bus, which has 2 routes. We would do the first route in the morning, have lunch in a little waterfront café, and...
January 28th, 2024 Lisbon, Portugal Sailing into Lisbon is always a beautiful sight, even if it’s a very foggy, overcast day. We weren’t due to dock until late morning so we spent the morning sitting in the Observation Lounge observing our...
January 29th, 2024 Leixoes Maybe it is fitting that our final port is Porto. Well it’s not really Porto as such, the port for Porto is called Leixoes (Lay- sh- oi-sh), and Leixoes is one of Portugal’s major ports. So far the terminals we have...
January 30th, 2024 At Sea We have 2 sea days to look forward to. A good thing too, with all of the back to back ports, a bit of rest and relaxation is needed. The program on board was as busy as ever, no time to rest and relax if you wanted to...
January 31st, 2024 At Sea Last day – and time to do the packing. This wasn’t too much of a challenge, but there was a lot to do on board. Being the last day there was the ukulele concert, choir concert, arts and crafts exhibits as well as the...
