If you are anything like me, you had no idea where Guernsey was located or to what country it belonged. Honestly, I didn’t even know it was an island until I searched it. Guernsey is part of the Channel Islands. It is associated with England, but it has different money, different postage. The island of Jersey, which is nearby, also has its own money and postage. They are interesting places … Continue reading St. Peter Port, Guernsey
Our first port was near Porto. We have been there a few times, so we decided to check out Guimareaes, which is called the Birthplace of Portugal. It’s a medieval town that is about 45 minutes from the port. We were going to take the train, but our ship docked too late. We considered taking the bus, but were concerned about not being able to figure out … Continue reading Guimaraes, Portugal
Although we had one more port, Portimao, Portugal, my husband and I knew we would not be stopping there when we were on our excursion to Sevilla. We got a notification that our excursion in Portugal was cancelled and it was a boat tour to see the arches. Our ship was scheduled to anchor out and we would take the tender to port. We figured if our excursion … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Lisbon, Portugal
It was a rolling night at sea and we woke up to find it raining outside. The disembarkation was a mass of people because they had us going down a very steep ramp in the rain. And, of course, we had to leave at the same time as all the excursions were leaving. We managed to get to the meeting point in the time limit and stood … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Port of Cadiz, Excursion to Sevilla, Spain
We opted not to do a tour today, so we were able to eat breakfast in the dining room for the first time. My husband was very excited because they had a special with a pretzel roll sandwich. I tried some yogurt with granola and strawberries. It had one strawberry and the rest was like a jam. The granola was mealy. It was a little disappointing from what … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Our tour today was one that we planned through Spain Day Tours. We had to meet at 8:15 on the way out of the port. (Apparently they don’t let in private tour companies in the morning next to the ship.) There were only 15 people in our group, but we had a pretty big bus. Our guide spoke the best English out of all the tour guides we … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Today we docked early in Alicante. Our tour was not through NCL, it was by Spain Day Tours. We met right off the ship at 8:15. We were brought into downtown Alicante in a small bus. We were dropped off out in front of the Main Market. This market was blown up during one of the wars and killed 300 people, mostly women and children because it happened in the … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Alicante
This is the first stop on our 12 day cruise around Spain, to both sets of Spanish Islands, two stops in Morocco, and ending in Lisbon, Portugal. I would first like to comment on NCL. We have not been on an NCL cruise since we went to Alaska two years ago. The ship we are on now is a sister ship to the one we were on … Continue reading NCL Cruise: Palma de Mallorca
We took the high speed train to Venice. It didn’t feel like we were on a high speed train and it took two and a half hours to travel from Milan to Venice. There were seven stops along the way. We had assigned seats and our bags easily fit above us. The tickets were about 49 euros each for coach class. The seats were fine, but there was … Continue reading Venice, Italy
We wanted to get out of Milan on Saturday, so we took a train to Bergamo, which only cost around 12 euros round trip each person. It was less than an hour to get there and when we arrived, we took the 1 bus up to Citta Alta (Upper Town), which is the old called city area. You can take a funicular, but the line was quite … Continue reading Bergamo, Italy
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