Where Is Safarigal?
Sapphire Princess Day 3
Montevideo, Uruguay March 6th, 2024 Uruguay today. A whole new country for us. Very exciting. We had booked a private tour, and as soon as the ship had docked and it was safe to go ashore, we headed down the gangway onto the pier. There is no cruise terminal, and...
Sapphire Princess Day 2
Buenos Aires March 5th, 2024 We woke up to see the MSC Lyrica outside our window. When we had looked outside during the evening, a container ship was being loaded. She must have slipped away quietly during the night and her bright white replacement had arrived. So...
Sapphire Princess Day 1
March 4th, 2024 Buenos Aires Today is the day that we board the Sapphire Princess. After uneventful, but delayed flights to Buenos Aires we arrived here on a bright and sunny Monday morning. Immigration was quick and efficient, they must be used to cruise...
Prologue
Well, it has been over a month since we disembarked the Balmoral in Southampton, so now it is time to pack those suitcases again! Back in 2017 I completed the Princess Academy travel advisor training program, and in recognition of me knowing all things Princess, I...
Epilogue
February 1st,2023 London, UK There was no doubt about it – when we woke up we were back in Southampton and it was time to disembark. Being a huge ABBA fan I had though that we couldn’t get so close to the ABBA Arena and not see the show. Our driver was there to...
Balmoral Day 14
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 usual busy schedule of...
Balmoral Day 13
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 get involved. Several...
Balmoral Day 12
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 seen on this cruise...
Balmoral Day 11
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 passage up the river....
Balmoral Day 10
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 then spend the...
Balmoral Day 9
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 things to go more...
Balmoral Day 8
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 Casablanca going...
