Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

Today, we arrived at the last of our European ports for a while, Funchal in Madeira (Portugal). It was more than a half-day, but not a full day. Very often , when we’ve visited here, it’s only been for a morning, which can be quite restrictive; today, all-aboard time was 15:30, which gave us plenty of time to have a...

Today, we were back at sea, and this morning, I ran my second classes. Fortunately, the sea has been much calmer, with mostly flat seas and only the occasional ‘speed bump’. More importantly, however, today’s classes went off without a hitch. We turned up a little later to set up the space, to avoid any slack time when aggro might...

Today, we arrived in Vigo, Spain. It wasn’t Lisbon (which was where we were supposed to be), but that was okay, as far as I was concerned; we’ve only been to Vigo once before, and that was a three-hour stop on the Marco Polo, on a return journey from the Canaries a couple of years ago. The visit had lasted...

Today, we turned left into the Bay of Biscay… and it hasn’t been kind to us… Because there are three tutors sharing one craft space, today was my turn to have a day off. In some ways, I’m rather pleased about that. Overnight, the sea turned quite rough, and by morning, the Sick-bag fairy had been doing her rounds, lining...

Today was our first full day at sea, as we headed down the English Channel, towards The Bay of Biscay. It was also the first day of art and craft classes; Jan did her crafts in the morning, and my art class was scheduled for 2pm in the afternoon. Naturally, we popped along in the morning to see how Jan...