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April 16, 2025 Today we are having the visit many travellers are talking about for weeks. As many as 800 guests and 280 crew are going to be off board, most are going to be on their way to visit the pyramids of Giza. For ourselves, we are booked on a tour to visit theContinue reading “Alexandria, Egypt”

April 13, 2025 Today Palm Sunday we are visiting Valletta, the Capital of Malta. Valletta is the smallest capital of all of the EU countries with only 6000 people. the country of Malta consist out of 3 major islands and several inhabited islands. Total population approximately 565,000. Our entrance into the harbour of Valletta wasContinue reading “Valletta, Malta”

April 11, 2025 After a short overnight sailing, we arrived this morning in the picturesque harbour of Cartagena Spain. Cartagena is a City of approximately 220,000 on the south east coast of Spain. It has been home to the Spanish Navy fleet for over hundreds of years.Today Cartagena is a major tourist destination and cruiseContinue reading “Cartagena, Spain”

April 10, 2025 When I woke up this morning, we were approaching the port of Gibraltar , nicknamed the Rock. Gibraltar is a British territory, with a population of approximately 38,000. The British sovereignty has been disputed by Spain on many occasions. Many people in Gibraltar speaking Spanish we noticed. Approximately 15,000 Spanish workers crossContinue reading “Gibraltar”

April 8, 2025 Another port today. No Seaday’s in between ports to rest our legs. Today we are visiting the Canary Island of Lanzarote. The City we are visiting is called Arrecife. Population for the City is 68,000 . Population for the whole island is 163,000 . As we are docked in the port area,Continue reading “Arrecife, Lanzarote”

April 7, 2025 This morning we are visiting Santa Cruz on the Canary Island of Tenerife in Spain. Tenerife with a population of approximately 970,000, from which approximately 211.000 reside in Santa Cruz. The climate is almost perfect here, 18-20 C in the winter and 24-26 C in the summer months. The cost of livingContinue reading “Santa Cruz, Tenerife”

April 4, 2025 After 5 Seaday’s, we finally set foot on land. The feet felt a little wobble during the first steps on Cape Verde soil. Today’s stop is at a City called Praia on the Island of Santiago in the Cape Verde Archipelago which consists of 10 Islands. The total population is approximately 600,000.Continue reading “Praia, Cape Verde Islands”

March 28, 2025 Good Morning. Today we are visiting the country of Namibia. It’s kind of a funny stop over, as we do not arrive till Noon. Then we have to do the immigration clearance going off the ship and the same getting on the ship. As we made a stop here 2 years agoContinue reading “Walvis Bay, Namibia”

March 26, 2025 Our second day in Capetown. For today we planned a small tour to visit Robben Island. This is the Island which occupies the prison, which was in use from the mid 17th century till 1996. This is also the prison where former South African President Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.Continue reading “Capetown SA (day2)”

March 25, 2025 Very early this morning we must have arrived in Capetown. When I opened the curtains at 6AM we were all docked and tied up downtown. The weather was overcast, which prevented us from seeing the top of Table Mountain. This is our second time visiting here. For today we had a tourContinue reading “Capetown, South Africa”