World Cruise 2012 Epilogue Back home in Georgetown and back to the real world. I would have to say that we may be addicted to cruising since, prior to arrival in Ft. Lauderdale, we checked to see if our cabin was available for the 2 weeks following (Ft. Lauderdale to Seattle). Alas, the ship was […]
Read moreDay 106-112 If you have followed this journey, I am sure you understand that I absolutely love days at sea. In fact.. ..I have often said that if the cruise lines offered a trip that sailed out into the ocean for a week, turned around and sailed back, with no ports, I would consider […]
Read moreDay 104-105 We have visited Madeira several times in the past. It is a usual stop when making an Atlantic crossing. The Madeira Islands are volcanic, like Hawaii, and belong to Portugal. They were settled …… ..relatively early, compared with the Americas, due to their proximity to Europe. They actually lie west of Morocco about […]
Read moreDay 102-103 We went through the Strait of Gibraltar in the middle of the night, but Sally and I got up …….. ..to watch. We took these pictures, obviously not the best quality, but the one on the left is the European side, with the rock barely discernable, and […]
Read moreDay 100-101 Barcelona is one of our favorite places to visit – we have been here three or four times on cruises…. … and we have always wished to stay longer. It is truly one of those places that it might take an entire summer to see completely. Hmmmmm??? […]
Read moreDay 99 Another place we have never been before, about which we are quite curious. Corsica is a large island, which is French. It is just north of another large island, Sardinia, which is Italian. Corsica is most famous as the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte. Our port is in Ajaccio, the town in which he […]
Read moreDay 98 Naples was our first encounter with really bad weather – it was raining and in the low fifties. From our previous visits here, we know Naples to be more of a commercial port and less of a tourist stop, at least the center of Naples is so. Outlying points of interest, which we […]
Read moreDay 97 Sicily is another first for us. All I know about Sicily is that it is the birthplace of the Mafia – home of Don Corleone, and is the first place in Europe that George Patton was successful. If I remember correctly, it is this very town of Messina to which Georgie boy […]
Read moreDay 96 A short overnight trip from Athens brings us to the charming little port of Katakolon, Greece. Where Athens is big and bustling, Katakolon is small and charming – a welcome break. Katakolon looks too small to support any cruise traffic, but they have two huge piers and there were three big ships […]
Read moreDay 94-95 Piraeus is the port for Athens Greece – another place we have never visited before, but since Chandler & Jeff were here in late August & September on their honeymoon, we called upon them for some expert travel advice. Their advice was “stick to the old stuff”, which we pretty much did the first […]
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