Trans-Atlantic Cruise

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Podróżnik Trans-Atlantic Cruise
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- 3 kwi 2023, 11:59
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Wysokość: 36 m
- Portugalia Azores Belém Parque Século XXI 37.749147, -25.65523937°44’57” N 25°39’19” W
Dzień 10
Pineapples! Ponta Delgada, Açores
3 kwietnia 2023, Portugalia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Into port early this morning, we arrived at the Azores. Having toyed with a shore excursion, we decided instead on a bimble around the town, starting with a walk west down the sea front to the fort (now military museum). Ponta Delgada rises up from the harbour, and we walked the cobbled streets up towards the botanical gardens passing a number of sadly but fascinatingly dilapidated houses on the way. The first botanical gardens had a huge bay tree from Australia with roots more like river tributaries than anything else!

Walking through more mosaic streets, we visited the chapel overlooking the harbour, giving great views down the coast. Further west was the Plantação de Ananas dos Açores, the pineapple plantation! Apparently the only place where they are grown in greenhouses, the pineapples here take 18 months to grow. After we'd looked around, we sampled pineapple jam and liqueur, and stayed for a few very nice pineapple lagers.

We headed back towards the ship through the main shopping but of town which was well geared up for tourists with tat shops and cheap beer, so we didn't stop!

The streets and houses throughout the town are pretty, with street art commonplace and a charm to even the run down buildings. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik That tree is quite fabulous!also finding the dilapidation oddly aesthetically pleasing. Hope all is still marvellous x
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- 5 kwi 2023, 03:22
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Wysokość: Poziom morza
- North Atlantic Ocean 43.166866, -17.42866343°10’1” N 17°25’43” W
Dzień 12
At sea 🌊 - day 6 🚢
5 kwietnia 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
After leaving Ponta Delgada, we enjoyed an evening of crib in the Crow's Nest.

Today, I spent most of the day cross-stitching and Ben finished his Aaronovitch book (no further on A Court of Honey and Ash for me!). Ben briefly popped out to a 'talk' about the running of the ship, which turned out to be more like a slightly odd show-and-tell, so he came back. Instead, we bingewatched Killing Eve as the weather was rather dull and overcast outside, before a few games of Carcasonne back in the Crow's Nest where we had rather a few glasses of red wine! Czytaj więcej
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- 5 kwi 2023, 22:38
- 🌬 13 °C
- Wysokość: Poziom morza
- North Atlantic Ocean 46.645085, -11.26989446°38’42” N 11°16’12” W
Dzień 12
At sea 🌊 - day 7 🚢
5 kwietnia 2023, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Another clock change overnight puts us back to the same time as the UK...I think!

After a big breakfast, we headed for a dance class that wasn't to be as one instructor was feeling unwell so it was rescheduled from Tango to Foxtrot...so we gave it a miss. I finished cross-stitching James I and Charles I and Ben went to a talk on the prisoners of the Tower of London.

We tried the afternoon dance class and had a fabulous time learning the Argentinian Tango, with rather more success than the Waltz! We celebrated our success in Brodie's, trying a couple of flights of beer and watching some ice hockey (Edmunton Oilers v LA Kings).

This evening was the final black tie evening, so we made the most of it. After getting ready, we had a flight of champagne and prosecco in the Glass House, and listening to the Britannia 'Orchestra' before going to dinner, which was a superb scallop ceviche, and lobster & tiger prawn feuille. The highlight of the evening was a silent disco in the Crystal Room! Czytaj więcej
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- 6 kwi 2023, 16:43
- 🌬 11 °C
- Wysokość: Poziom morza
- English Channel 50.249453, -2.21405250°14’58” N 2°12’51” W
Dzień 13
At sea 🌊 - day 8 🚢
6 kwietnia 2023, English Channel ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
A late start meant we went to today's dance lesson before we had breakfast. As it was the final day, the lesson was a recap lesson...but the recap was of dances we'd not been to class for, which made for a rather chaotic cha cha cha in the morning, and rumba and jive in the afternoon.

I finished cross-stitching one final king for the holiday whilst we watched Death on the Nile. Over dinner, we were treated to a spectacular moonrise, before retiring to listen to the pianist in the Crow's Nest one last time. In to Southampton tomorrow. Czytaj więcej
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