We enjoy home cooked food and local wine on a beautiful island in the North Atlantic Ocean Terceira Island is one of the most beautiful and diverse islands in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. We arrived around 7 am at...
We visit Bergen and enjoy spectacular views with Snow, Rain and Sun on the same day Our official arrival time in Bergen was 9 am but we were alongside the wharf around 8:30. We sailed from Eidfjord through the Norwegian Fjords HardangerfjordenHan yesterday evening...
HAL Celebrates its 150th Anniversary in Amsterdam on the Zuiderdam Today was the 150th anniversary of Holland America Line. The ms Rotterdam was in Rotterdam and the ms Zuiderdam was in Amsterdam. There was a ceremony in Rotterdam in the New York Hotel earlier in...
Some great views, an old lighthouse and the best and worst food in town We moored in A Cornua around 8 am, but we didn't leave the ship until noon Uber wasn't available, so we took a taxi to the knitting shop Picknit, about 3 miles away. There's a taxi stand near...
The Sintra Palace was today's highlight along with some great wine and pastries We enjoyed a scenic transit of the Tagus River, complete with "Lisbon Rolls" in the Crow's Nest. The Cruise and Travel Director, Ian, provided commentary along the way. We passed...
We take a HAL Tour to Cordoba and visit a Catholic Cathedral inside a Mosque - 8 April 2023 MALAGA ARRIVAL We arrived in Malaga before dawn, which was earlier than planned to deconflict with other ships' arrival times. Malaga is a large city with over 500K people and...
We visit the Caves of Hercules and where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic (7 April 2023) 7 April 2023 Today was our final Across Africa Tour for this cruise. We took several Across Africa tours on this cruise and thought they were a good value. However, please...
A road trip to Marrakech visiting souks and charming snakes CASABLANCA ARRIVAL The ship arrived in Casablanca around 6 am, and we were cleared by 7 am, although there wouldn’t be an announcement until 8 am. We moored alongside a long pier in an industrial area. ...
We visit the largest souk in North Africa and ride a camel named Momo! As we closed on Agadir we observed numerous very modern tour buses and an orderly taxi stand already taking shape. The dock area was a bustling commercial port - no walking to town here. In the...
A lazy day in a nice seaside resort We arrived in Arrecife before the sun and moored alongside a long quay. It was quite windy early and we didn't realize how significant this would become until later. Our plan for today was to take it easy and leave the ship later...