Our ships stop was actually in Toulon but we took a tour to Aix-en-Provence. The sad thing is it was one of the worst tours we have had. It was actually a 3 hour round trip bus ride with some minimal heavy French accented English commentary thrown in. After we arrived at our destination we … More Aix-en-Provence France
Oh my goodness, what an absolutely beautiful and crowded city Barcelona is. I believe we had 6 cruise ships here today. Weather was perfect! As exhausted as we were, we decided to take advantage of the hop on-hop off bus to get us around. We still walked another 3 miles but wasn’t as bad. Traffic … More Barcelona Spain
Cartagena was amazingly warm today and bustling with lots of tourists! We loved the warmth and the walk. Luckily it was 1/2 as many miles as yesterday but we climbed a boat load of stairs! Cartagena was another beautiful Spanish city in southeastern Spain that is new to us. It was founded by the Phoenicians … More Cartagena Spain
We finally made it to land! After 10 days at sea, we are actually walking on land. Our Ponte delgado, Azores trip was canceled due to bad weather conditions. What really happened was the waves were so rocky, the pilot that comes on for each port couldnt get on the ship! Sounds like a good … More Malaga Spain
After a hectic day of finding alternate transportation when the Amtrak train decided to be more than 5 hours late, we decided to to try the Flixbus from Tampa to Miami for our 1st sailing, a 16-day transatlantic cruise aboard the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas. It really wasn’t a bad ride, albeit a … More Transatlantic to Rome 16 days! Oh my!
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