The Sojourn won. Waiting another year was OK. The different itinerary was OK. Not that there is anything really wrong with Bolette, the temptation of being on the Sojourn for a whole 90 days was just too great. Yay! I canceled the Fred Olsen...
So here we are in Barcelona! It is hard to believe, in 2 days time we will be boarding the Sojourn for out long awaited for cruise. You could say I am mildly excited. Well, let’s get that right, I am over the moon with excitement! 3 of our...
The last time we were in Barcelona in November it was a dreary, cold, rainy day. Not today. It was cool, but there was brilliant sunshine. The perfect weather for exploring a city. On our way out we decided to stop off at the Seabourn...
Barcelona November 30th, 2024 The day has finally arrived! We got up early, put our luggage outside the door of our room so it could be taken directly to the ship, had breakfast and did some shopping stopping to admire Casa Batllo. Then came the...
Palma, Majorca December 1st, 2024 Our first port! The weather didn’t look so promising in the early morning light, but it was fine by the time we were ready to disembark and join our Jewish Majorca tour booked with Dani Rotstein. Our guide was...
At Sea December 2nd, 2024 Ah, at last, a sea day. Brian got up early and headed to the gym. I slept in. By the time Brian had returned from the gym he had already done over 4000 steps. I had done 10. I’m not sure this million steps thing will...
Tangier, Morocco December 3rd, 2025 Our first African port. Again the weather didn’t look too promising when we arrived, but later we had brilliant sunshine. We had organized a private tour to Chefchaouen, the blue city. We were meeting our...
At Sea December 4th, 2024 Aaaaah! The first of 4 sea days before we get to the Cape Verde islands. It was another busy day. I brought along my cross stitch tablecloth in the hope that I could finish it on this cruise, and it hasn’t seen the...
At sea December 5th, 2024 There was a bridge tour today, but we were too late signing up for it, so we hope there will be another one. I do love bridge tours and seeing how the electronics on the bridge have changed so dramatically over the...
At sea December 6th, 2024 At least today was less strenuous than yesterday. It was very cold in the Observation Bar this morning, so we chose to move to the Club. So instead of the view of where we are going, we had the view of where we had...
At Sea December 7th, 2024 It’s hard to believe that had this been a 7 day cruise we would be disembarking today. I am only getting into the routine of life at sea, I would hate to have to disembark already. Thank goodness we have weeks of...
Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands December 8th, 2024 For our visit to Mindelo, we had initially thought that we would get off the ship and find a taxi driver to take us around the island, but then we thought that we would probably get more out of a...
Praia, Cape Verde Islands December 9th, 2024 This was our second port in the Cape Verde Islands. Praia is the capital and largest city in Cape Verde and is on Santiago Island. My first impression of Praia wasn’t that great Not a pretty harbor....
At Sea December 10th, 2024 Today we crossed the magnetic equator. What is this you may ask? Well, I must admit I had never thought about it before. Luckily there was a write up on it in the Herald. Another name for it is the aclinic line. Unlike...
At Sea December 11th, 2024 I stopped by Seabourn Square while Brian was at breakfast. I had forgotten what a lovely place it was. There were people there drinking coffee, reading, chatting, staring out to sea, and doing puzzles. It had a great...
At Sea December 12th, 2024 As promised when we woke up this morning the ship had been transformed into a Christmas wonderland with Christmas trees and gingerbread houses popping up all over the ship. However, no Christmas lights yet, that will...
At Sea December 13th, 2024 A quiet day at sea. We attended several talks. I must say the standard of the “conversations” has been excellent, and the talks we may have missed are available on the TV in our suite, so we are getting well educated....
Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 14th, 2024 We arrived in the middle of the cargo port, so there were no facilities there for cruise ships. We decided to take the ship’s tour to Banco Park. At the start of the excursion, we had a tour of downtown...
Takoradi, Ghana December 15th, 2024 Yesterday we were in a new country for us, today it’s another new country, Ghana. Again, we are in a busy cargo port, but at least there were several stalls selling souvenirs on the quayside, making it feel...
Tema, Ghana December 16th, 2024 Whilst we traveled in luxury from Takoradi to Tema overnight, our guide Samuel and our driver make the 6-hour journey on the bumpy dusty road. We arrived in the early morning, with a trusty tug escorting us to the...
At Sea December 17th, 2024 Although we don’t actually cross the equator until the day after Sao Tome, due to the adverse weather forecast the crossing the line ceremony was held today. I first crossed the line by ship as a baby and there is...
Sao Tome December 18th, 2024 It looked rather foggy this morning. However, it did start clearing up, And by the time the tenders had been launched, the weather was looking good. Sao Tome was our first tender port. No waiting around for a tender...
At Sea December 19th, 2024 The crossing of the line ceremony had been switched to 2 days ago due to the risk of rain today. Well the weatherman didn’t lie, it was pouring this morning. However, it did clear up briefly so that the eagerly...