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DAY 19

Tuesday April 9th   Barcelona   I LOVE Barcelona!!!!!!   We were docked at the new cruise terminal. So for the first time on this cruise we were able to disembark on to air bridges on decks 2 and 3, and did not have to exit from the bowels of the...

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DAY 18

Monday April 8th   At Sea   In the early morning we passed through the Strait of Bonifacio separating Corsica and Sardinia. This has been a great cruise for sailing through straits, and we still have the Strait of Gibraltar to transit.   Our friend...

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DAY 17

Sunday April 7th   Civitavecchia   Instead of going in to Rome, we had decided to hire a driver for the day and to go and see Tarquinia which is a short drive from Civitavecchia. We had asked our tablemates David and Mo to join us; David and Joan were...

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DAY 16

Saturday April 6th   At Sea   It was another very busy day at sea. I am beginning to think that I need port days to recover from the exhaustion from sea days.   I am having ongoing issues with my craft project, but it was nothing that a lot of...

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DAY 15

April 5th   At Sea   Well we are certainly in the Mediterranean Sea in spring. We passed through the predicted low-pressure area, and experienced Force 8 winds and heavy seas. Looking outside you could see the angry storm around us, but you would not know...

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DAY 14

April 4th   Limassol, Cyprus   We docked at the new cruise Terminal in Limassol, and were off the ship by just after 8:00 AM. Again, the terminal does not have an elevated walkway, so we had to disembark from deck 1. The terminal itself was very nice,...

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DAY 13

Wednesday April 3rd In the Suez Canal   We had dropped anchor in the Gulf of Suez over night. At about 4:30 this morning we were ready to join the convoy of ships transiting the Suez Cana.   When I woke up soon after sunrise, we were already well into the...

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DAY 12

Tuesday April 2nd   Gulf of Suez   We left the Gulf of Aqaba and rounded the tip of the Sinai Peninsular and are heading into the Gulf of Suez.   I felt that I needed a rest after our energetic day yesterday, but it was not to be. I started a new...

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DAY 11

Monday April 1st   Aqaba. Jordan   Well I did sleep more than a wink last night. We finally ran into some oh so slightly but sufficiently rough weather that I was gently rocked to sleep by the motion. And didn’t wake up until my phone texted me to welcome...

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DAY 10

Sunday March 31st   Still at Sea in the Red Sea   We stopped moving for a while in the middle of the night. I looked outside but didn’t see anything untoward out there. I could think of 3 reasons for stopping. 1. We needed to off load someone of...

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DAY 9

Saturday March 30th   At Sea in the Red Sea   We were awakened in the middle of the night by a text message from our phone company welcoming us to Djibouti and informing us that our current plan does not cover us there. Well I guess we must be quite close...

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DAY 8

Friday March 29th   At Sea   Is this Brexit day or not?   Brian insists on watching an American news program every night when, after sundowners, we are getting ready for dinner. I dislike this program as it gets stuck on one political topic, and you...

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