Galveston April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018, Gulf of Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Arrived at the ship about 12:30. Got checked in and had lunch about 1:30. Leaving Galveston now. There's a deck party going on.
About 7:30 pm, Steve noticed the ship was turning around. Then theRead more
April 17, 2018
April 18, 2018, Gulf of Mexico ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Just our first whole day at sea. No craps table for Steve, so he's spending a lot if time with me.
April 18, 2017
April 18, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Well we're on our second day at sea. Did a cabin crawl where you see lots of different cabins. The Royal Suite was fabulous. Just heard that Puerto Rico lost power island wide. Hope its restoredRead more
April 20, 2018
April 20, 2018 in Puerto Rico ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We arrived in Puerto Rico about noon and got off the ship around 1:30. We just walked around as and did a little shopping. Find the Pandira store and bought a new bracelet. The pub is for Doug.
So nowRead more
April 21, 2018
April 22, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
So, I ran into Margaret Mallia on this cruise. She is a long time friend from when we lived in Ashford Village. She and I took turns being school pto and/or booster club presidents. We had dinnerRead more
April 23, 2018
April 23, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Another great day on Vision of the Seas. The pianist Brooks Aehron played again in the afternoon. He was excellent. I spent over $100 and bought 4 of his McD's. One is actually a DVD. Steve and IRead more
April 24, 2018
April 26, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Today at sea they did a ceremony of crossing the ocean. It's usually done crossing the Pacific, but they decided to do it on the Atlantic too.
April 26, 2018
April 26, 2018 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We landed in the Azores after 5 days at sea. It's a quaint little area. We just walked around the town since we had been here before.
The yellow doorway is a Jewish museum we went in. Then there areRead more
April 26 Night performance
April 26, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Tonight the crew members from Indonesia put on a show in the atrium. Like nothing I've ever seen before.
April 28, 2018
April 28, 2018, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Evening performance by crew members including Captain Merrick and cruise director Steve Davis.
April 29, 2018 Malaga Spain
April 29, 2018, Alboran Sea ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Steve and I both liked this port and really want to come back. Our tour today was to the Alhambra Palace. That was all day, so we didn't get to see the port town or Grenada. . . .next time. So, SteveRead more
April 30 2018 Alicante Spain
May 1, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Nice town. We just walked around. Took the hop on hop off bus around. Went to the castle and Old Town.
April 30 2018 Evening Show
May 1, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
They did a parade of nations for all of the crew. They come from 60 nations.
May 1, 2018 Palma de Majorca
May 1, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
We took a tour to a very old city, Valldemossa. This is where Chopin and George Sand spent 3 months. We toured an old monastery and a 15 minute piano recital of Chopin music. On the way back, weRead more
May 2 Barcelona
May 3, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
We got off the ship and got to the apartment we are staying in. Just walked around the area seeing what's here.
May 3. Barcelona
May 3, 2018 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Cheryl and Bobby got here about noon. They were real tired, so they had to rest a while. We went out walking again, stopped for wine twice and had dinner. Tomorrow we're going to really startRead more
May 4 Barcelona
May 4, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We had a great, but exhausting day. We walked forever. Went to a church on the top of a hill and walked tons of steps to get to the top. From the top you hit wonderful views of the whole city. TheRead more
May 5, 2018 Barcelona
May 5, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Took us all morning to have breakfast and dodge the rain. Then we went to Sagrida Familia. A cathedral started in 1882 and not yet done. Architect was Gaudi. What an unbelievable place.
May 6, 2018 Barcelona Spain
May 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we boarded the new Symphony of the Seas. What mammoth ship! Pictures are of the shopping mall onboard.
Food is from the restaurant we had breakfast at.
May 6 More Pictures of Ship
May 6, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Pictures of the robot bar that makes your drinks for you. Fantastic slide. . .and it's not a water slide. Even a carrousel.
Symphony of the Seas
May 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Dinner in Wonderland restaurant. . . As in Alice in Wonderland.
May 6 Night Time Water Show
May 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
This is done at the back of the ship in 21 feet deep pool.
May 7 Palma de Majorca
May 7, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We're back here for the second time. This time, no tour, just went to the Cathedral of Majorca. Another beautiful cathedral, part a of it designed by Gaudi. The big stained glass window was done inRead more
May 8 Marseilles France
May 9, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Took a cab to the Notre Dame Church, not to be confused with Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Visited a local park and walked around the town. Went to the ice show at night on the ship.
May 9 La Spezia/Pisa/Luce
May 9, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Our guide Fabrizio from All Around Italy, picked us up at the ship and we were off. First the leaning Tower of Pisa and then Luce. Luce is a medieval walled city. Beautiful small town with 2 churchesRead more