April 12, 2023 The Tower of Hercules was built in the 1st century A.D. by the Romans and is still in use today. It was the first place we...

April 10, 2023 Brent toured Lisbon and Sintra todtay. I stayed back on the ship as I had blisters and was giving my toes a break to heal...

April 9, 2023 It was Easter Sunday when we visited Seville. Many of the houses had dried palms in their windows for Palm Sunday the...

April 8, 2023 Brent and I went on separate excursions today. He visited Alhambra, an ancient citadel that was originally built as a...

April 7, 2023 We had a lovely view of Tangier from our room as we docked in the morning. Today we would be exploring Tangier, as well as...

April 6, 2023 The last day in Marrakech began with a visit to Cactus Thiemann, the largest cactus garden in Africa. Next was a delicious...

April 5, 2023 The second day of the overland was spent touring Marrakech. His first stop was to see the Koutoubia Mosque. Its minaret can...

April 4, 2013 Brent began his overland adventure with a trip to the Casbah that I had visited. No one draped a snake on him, so he was...

April 4, 2023 On our first day in Morocco, we visited the city of Agadir. Because of high winds which delayed our departure from the...

April 3, 2023 Today we visited Las Montañas del Fuego (The Mountains of Fire) in Timanfaya National Park. The park's spectacular...

April 2, 2023 Today in Tenerife, we went to visit Mt. Teide. Mt. Teide is the highest mountain in the Canary Islands, as well as all of...

04/01/2023 We had a special "Jellicle" Dinner for April Fool's Day. With the supply shortage, Chefs Stephen and Tiffany had to be very...

March 30, 2023 The view from our balcony was all we saw of Senegal. There were political protests through Dakar, and it was decided it...

March 29, 2023 Today we took a boat trip to visit a sad time in history when people used to see other people as slaves. Kunta Kinte...

March 26, 2023 Today we went for a walk in the Banco National Park within the city of Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast. It is a...

March 25, 2023 Today we journeyed to a small village who farm cacao that is shipped around the world to become delicious chocolate. We...

March 22 to March 24 The cloud formations were interesting on 3/22 as dawn broke. We had a Moroccan-themed dinner that evening. It was...

March 21, 2023 We began our tour of Luanda with a visit to the San Miguel Fort. This was the first fort built in Angola. Although it was...

March 19, 2023 Celebrating your birthday onboard is a lot of fun. I was completely surprised when I came to breakfast and found a special...

March 18, 2023 Today we flew over the Namib Desert once again on our way back to the ship in Walvis Bay. We bid farewell to Little Kulala...