Yesterday, we had our last port of call on this cruise before beginning the journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Our port of call was in Funchal, Madeira (part of Portugal). We had visited Funchal on the transatlantic last year, so we had no tours lined up and instead planned to walk around town seeing some […]
Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 12 – Our First Day At Sea
December 6, 2009 by 2 Comments
Yesterday was our first day at sea – and a fabulous one it was. With four straight port days behind us, we were certainly looking forward to a nice relaxing day at sea. They tend to be our favorite days of a cruise. This was to be a precursor or the upcoming six days at […]
Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 11 – Cartagena, Spain
December 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday, we made a port of call in Cartagena, Spain. It’s a relatively small coastal Spanish town that dates back to before the Romans. We were not really sure what there was to do in town. There were not many tours, so we had decided to just walk around town and take it in. As […]
Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 8 – Livorno, Italy
December 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday was our first full day onboard the Celebrity Solstice, which is turning out to be a fabulous ship. In the morning, we were due to dock at Livorno, Italy. Most folks would be touring Florence or Pisa, Italy. We had arranged a tour through the cruise line to take a bus to Pisa and […]
Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 6 – Last Full Day In Rome
November 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday was our last full day in Rome on this wonderful vacation. This morning we will be boarding the Celebrity Solstice for our Transatlantic cruise back to the US. We decided to scale back our ambitious site seeing yesterday and take in a few of the larger piazzas. We got a slow start on the […]
Rome – Transatlantic 2009 Day 4 – Touring Rome
November 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday was our first full day in Rome and boy did we get out and about in the town. We hoofed it around town to the tune of 6 or 7 miles of walking. It was a good full day and we saw some wonderful sites. The kids did a great job of keeping up. […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 18 – St Maarten
December 13, 2008 by Leave a Comment
[image title=”img_5193″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2128″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today was the last day of the cruise with a port of call in St Maarten in the Netherland Antilles. It was also my first visit to a Caribbean port of call as I have always cruised the Pacific Ocean prior. It was kind of a rude welcome […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 12 – Las Palmas, Canary Islands
December 7, 2008 by 2 Comments
[image title=”img_4702″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2095″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today we had another port of call in the Canary Islands. Today’s stop was the island of Las Palmas. The Canary Islands are part of Spain. This would be our last port of call before making the Atlantic crossing. We had already decided to pretty much just stay […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 9 – Madeira, Portugal
December 5, 2008 by 1 Comment
[image title=”img_4390″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2078″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Editor’s Note: Sorry for the delayed updates here, but technical difficulties have prevented posting. Yes, even Internet Service Down issues apply while cruising. Hopefully back to normal now. Today we had a port of call in Funchal, Madeira which is part of Portugal. We arrived into port at […]
Barcelona and Transatlantic Cruise 2008 – Day 4 – Barcelona
November 29, 2008 by 3 Comments
[image title=”img_4020″ size=”thumbnail” id=”2052″ align=”none” linkto=”viewer” ] Today was our last full day in Barcelona as tourists. We planned to sleep in again if necessary and then tour Montjuic, a coastal mountain fortress with spectacular views and wind up the night at the Magic Fountain, a water and light show near the Museum of Modern […]
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