Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

We’re nearly home. The ship’s chart shows us at the top end of the Bay of Biscay, and the sea is getting rougher; things have been crashing about throughout the night, and I could feel myself sliding down the bed a few times. It’s possible that, having only just been reopened, Marco’s Bistro may have to be closed again –...

My classes re-started yesterday; it was good to be back, and working again, and I think everyone was of the same mind. I had them painting stone walls and sheep – and today, we’ll be painting an iguana!   The ship is a-rockin’ and a-rollin’, and the seas are getting steadily rougher as we approach the Bay of Biscay again....

Classes will resume today! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!   All issues have been bashed out, and all the Art and Craft classes will start again, as normal. Not only that… the green light has been given to an exhibition on Saturday, so it’s business as usual.   We are expecting rough seas, though (possibly Friday is the rumour….)…. so here we go again….....

Today, we arrived at our very last port of call, Ponta Delgada, on the island of San Miguel. Once again, the clouds were low, the wind was blowing, and the sea was choppy. I’d been put on yet another tour… to see another volcanic crater….   The tour stopped at a Botanical Garden first (which was nice), followed by a...

Today, we visited Horta, the penultimate stop on our 6-week cruising marathon. Horta is a pretty little place, on the island of Faial, the smallest on the Azores Archipelago. We were berthed right at the end of the quayside, making a walk into town about 20-25 minutes. The weather was overcast and extremely windy, though, so most people made use...