Life's about experiences. These are mine.
I know, you have two questions: Day Five Day five was another day at sea. This time no attempt was made to go behind the scenes or to take trip to the flicks. Instead, we contended ourselves with eating, drinking (tea) and walking the deck. The latter was not was easy as it sounds given …
The last Spanish stop on this cruise was in Vigo, no I’d never heard of it either. The more cruises you do the more this becomes an issue. Once you have done Barcelona, Rome, Athens, Dubrovnik etc you are left with the likes of Lugo and Vigo. Not that there’s anything wrong with that at …
Toady we docked in La Coruña, a pretty looking Spanish port but this was not to be the destination for the day. Instead we boarded a coach that drove us an hour to the town of Lugo. Guide but not Guided This excursion was titled “Lugo on your own” which, to my mind, meant a …
When you think of Spain what do you think of? Brits holidaying on the Costa del Sol, possibly? Barcelona and Real Madrid, perhaps? Basque separatists, maybe? Sunshine, definitely! So, it came as a bit of a shock this morning on arrival at the port of Gexto to see low grey cloud and drizzle. Frank Gehry …
The days at sea on a cruise are always very lazy days with little to do. This year I’d decided that to counter that I’d take part in a couple of activities that were likely to be running based on past trips. Behind the Scenes We’ve been on a number of cruises before where they …