After six days at sea we today reached the final port of call before Southampton- The Azores. Sylvia and I have been here twice before but on both occasions we just had a gentle walk around the main town of … Read More
Florida Mall.
Today’s destination, Port Canaveral, was the last port of call in the USA on this trip. We could have chosen a visit to Disney, Kennedy Space Centre or indeed a nice relaxing day on Cocoa Beach, but we decided to … Read More
Miami, FLA.
Yesterday evening on his daily update the captain warned us that Miami would be particularly busy this weekend as in addition to the Spring Break student holiday, the annual Miami Music Festival was taking place. It didn’t concern us too … Read More
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.
Day One.
Clearing immigration in the USA is always a lengthy procedure, but when you have a boat-load of 3000+ passengers it can turn into a nightmare. On the ship we were allocated a colour coded sticker to indicate our … Read More
Rescue at sea.
Today was supposed to be another quiet day at sea as we continued our journey towards New Orleans. In the morning we attended a lecture on the music of the “Big Easy” before having a light lunch of pizza on … Read More