Trip across North America and back
Before gong to be on April 2, as we sailed from Valencia to Barcelona, I took a picture of sunset, over the ocean and mountains. We got up in the morning, just before our wake up call, and shortly thereafter got our room service breakfast. The suitcases had been out the night before, so we Continue Reading
We arrived in Valencia around 8 AM and went for breakfast shortly thereafter. At 9:45, we boarded a bus and proceeded to the Albufera National Park. There is a large freshwater lake south of Valencia, which is a used for growing of rice and traditional fishing. When we got there, we proceeded to a boat Continue Reading
We left Cádiz at 8:30 PM and proceeded to the Strait of Gibraltar. We wanted to see the Rock, but the difficulty was the lack of moonlight. We stuck with it and watched the ship position on the stateroom TV and were expecting to see the Rock of Gibraltar around 3 AM. I was not Continue Reading
We had a late breakfast and arrived at Cádiz around noon. Our walking tour of Cádiz started around 1 PM. We first got to the monument to the first Spanish Constitution (they have several more with the most recent from when Genalisimo Franco died) and then started walking through the town past old fortifications. This Continue Reading
I haven’t taken pictures in the last few days. Tomorrow we will arrive at Cádiz. Here is the location as of 3 PM, Wednesday. Anyway, Tuesday we had several lectures as well as playing bridge. We had a Port Talk about Cádiz, a lecture by the historian on beer, wine and spirits, and a discussion Continue Reading
34°N 22°W Proceeding toward arriving at Cádiz on Wednesday. In UK summer time zone now, will go final one hour ahead to European Summer Time (GMT+2) probably this evening. Another laid back day. We had an appointment with the cruise consultant on the ship, and actually played a game of old fashioned Scrabble, which we Continue Reading
More of an adventure walking around the deck! Promenade deck closed. Otherwise a similar day to the others. Morning lecture was more on Cold War espionage. Fascinating. He showed pictures of various spy ships, including the Pueblo, but didn’t show COBRA Judy, where I spent time in California and Japan. We had lunch in the Continue Reading
We got a notice today that the Viking Sea has been fighting rough seas and has “technical issues with one of the four engines”. So we will not be going to Madeira and will arrive in Cádiz later than expected. So we will be going for the next four days on the ocean followed by Continue Reading
We are now at 25 degrees north, 45 degrees west. I don’t think they will do a spring ahead this evening, since we are still a few days out of Madeira, our next stop. No pictures today, sorry. So in the morning, I went to another WWII intelligence briefing, while Susan went to an embroidery Continue Reading
We are continuing across the Atlantic. The sea is a bit rougher, but nothing like the Observation Island, the Cobra Judy ship I went on in the late 80’s. The enrichment lectures and entertainment are much more than the river cruises and more than the last cruise we took in 2018 on a Viking Ocean Continue Reading