Peter's Travel Blog

Today, I held the last of my on-board watercolour classes. C and D groups attempted the iguana – and, I have to say; a rather marvellous job they made of it, too. Folks brought paintings along for the exhibition tomorrow, and the pile grew…. everything is in place for our Grand Exhibition tomorrow.   At 5:30pm, I held my WI...

The choppy seas of yesterday got rougher overnight; there’s quite a substantial swell today, resulting in many people doing the Marco Polo Ballet.   There’s still no mobile phone signal. I don’t remember there being a ‘dead zone’ after the Azores, last year, but that certainly seems to be what we’re experiencing at the moment; it just means that, when...

I got a call on the cabin telephone at 1:38am this morning, asking me to confirm that Tracey had left the ship to return home, and to confirm that I understood that her on-board account is linked to mine….   Yes; I confirmed all that (as it had all been confirmed at lunctime when we’d been to Reception to sort...

Today, we arrived in Ponta Delgada.   It was Tracey’s last day on the Marco Polo; with a her flight for home not due until 3:15pm, we opted for a gentle meander into town, and a walk along the harbour front. This would give us plenty of time for all the necessary paperwork and housekeeping to be completed, ensuring no...

We were late getting up this morning, and missed breakfast. When we did finally emerge, to enjoy a cup of coffee and tea, we soon realised why most people seemed to be drinking their cuppas inside… it was rather chilly outside – quite claggy, with no horizon to speak of, and a keen wind… it’s all helping to acclimatise us...