Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

It’s been another day at sea, on our way to Madeira.   Despite there being a cool breeze, a few people have ventured out on deck to enjoy the fresh air and sporadic sunshine. This morning, after breakfast, I spent a precious half hour out there, watching the waves and seeing a small gaggle of dolphins, before heading back inside...

After a morning of using the free wi-fi in the terminal by the quayside, I had a quick lunch to be back out on the quayside in readiness for my tour excursion escort duties. The tour was ‘Lisob Highlights and Estoril’; a coach drive through Lisbon city centre, stopping off at the monument above the city (with impressive views, but...

We’ve arrived in Lisbon today…   Joy of joys… there’s FREE WI-FI in the terminal building!   Oh! I’m sooooo happy!……

Today is the second day in a row that there’s been no internet access on board ship. A sign in the Reception area confirms this, but doesn’t give any explanation why, other than to say that we’ve  lost the internet connection (very careless I’d say).   It’s been another busy working day today, with three classes on Tonal Awareness (that’s...

Today, I ran 3 classes back to back. It was tiring, and intensive, and transitions from one class to another were hectic to say the least. It was ‘The Building Blocks of Watercolour’, where I introduce folks to the basic washes that make up all watercolour paintings and get them to create a simple landscape from a wet-in-wet wash and several...