The Fourth Italian port of call for the cruise is the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, covering some 25,000 square kilometres with a population of over 5 million.…
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Naples is the third port of call in Italy on the cruise and one that I was looking forward to. I cannot exactly say why, but it is just the name that kind of catches your attention. Plus maybe…
Cruising in the Mediterranean does come with a couple of downfalls. The first is that the itineraries are very port intensive. In fact, after leaving Barcelona, there are just two sea days out of 13 days before the end…
Technically the halfway point for the cruise was a couple of days before arriving in Barcelona. But Barcelona seemed more like the halfway point as it was the end of the Transatlantic portion of the cruise. It was also…
Last night the MS Nieuw Amsterdam passed through the Straits of Gibralter to enter the Mediterranean. As we pass through this narrow channel you could see the lights on both sides of the ship. To the south the coast…
During my Transatlantic Cruise, there was a total of three ports in Spain. The first port was always going to be Cadiz, for just a single day. In the end, due to poor weather conditions at the previous port,…
When it comes to highlights of my Transatlantic Cruise, I think Lisbon, Portugal would be right at the top. The port call in Lisbon is the first stop on Mainland Europe and is an overnight stop. An overnight port gives you…
Over the weekend of the 20-21 May, I got to explore a little more in Toronto with a friend I was staying with. We got out to see a little of the city, stopping at two different area’s which…
I just wanted to open with a quick apology, for not posting over the last two days. I arrived in Toronto late on Wednesday and have been staying with a friend I have not seen for some time. We…
Since I was in Iceland I wanted to make the most of the time that I had. There were a couple of tours that I could consider, but it seemed that the most comprehensive one would be the Classic…