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Sojourn Day 3
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 work out for me. After...
Sojourn Day 2
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 Denisse and the first...
Sojourn Day 1
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 wait to catch the...
Sojourn Day – 1
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 hospitality desk. It was the...
Sojourn Day – 2
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 suitcases have been sent...
The itinerary
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 cruise and booked with...
Prologue
It was June of 2022. We were in Ocean Cruise Terminal in Southampton having gingerly decided to return to cruising now that things were not looking quite so dire with the COVID pandemic. We found a seat away from the crowds, who like us, were anxiously awaiting the...
Botswana Epilogue
I have been looking at the photos from our safari and remembering the remarkable time we had. I was able to get a copy (thanks Julie) of the great photo James took of us all enjoying the waters of the Delta. There we all are, Cynthia and Brent, Nancy, Julie and...
Botswana Day 12
August 2, 2024 Flying Home We needed to be ready to leave the lodge at 9:00, and breakfast was at 7:30 so we finally got to sleep in a bit. It was still pitch black when we woke up, so I fought my way out of the mosquito net and we switched on the lights in the...
Botswana Day 11
August 1, 2024 Our last full day in Botswana. Where has the time gone; can we really have been here for 10 days already? I am getting very good at climbing into the back of the safari vehicle. There is no doubt about it, going on a safari is the best way to do...
Botswana Day 10
July 31, 2024 The light looked beautiful over the pan this morning. After our large breakfast we joined KK and Obert and set off on our morning game drive. It was a cold morning, so I was pleased to see that there were blankets at each seat, and what is this? There...
Botswana Day 9
July 30, 2024 I found out where all the tree frogs had gone. We have previously visited the Delta in April and apparently, they are not around in winter. This was quite a disappointment, but also a sign that we need to come back one April! We examined the hippo...
