Location: Bilbao, Spain We came into Bilbao, Spain, this morning. Since my sister lives in Barcelona, she took the day off and came to visit me on the ship. I gave her a tour of the ship, had caviar in my room and ate lunch. Afterwards we visited the touristy area of Bilbao. The big … Continue reading Bilbao

En route to Bilbao, Spain. Arrive on 13-May (about an hour). Mobile Phone Ecosystems Guests on this cruise seem evenly split between Apple iPhones and Android phones. The problem comes when you want to share the "cool picture" you just took. Android user can connect their phones via Bluetooth and swap the picture with file … Continue reading World Cruise Lessons – 3

En route to Bilbao, Spain. Arrive on 13-May. I've linked by "Best of Each Port" pictures for the world cruise in the sidebar as "Whole Cruise." They are roughly in chronological order. For whatever reason the pictures surrounding and including my Cambodia pictures ignore the day/times I've updated. Oh well, I'm not going to spend … Continue reading Technical Post – Whole Cruise Images

En route to Bilbao, Spain. Arrive on 13-May. I slept thru our arrival in Lisbon, but I knew there were fun things to see along the river. We left dock at 6:00pm, so the setting sun was going to light objects well as we steamed into the Atlantic Ocean. First, here is a panoramic view … Continue reading Leaving Lisbon

Location: Lisbon, Portugal After a three-week South Africa-to-Portugal segment, the longest segment of the world cruise, we now start our shortest segment - only one week. Portugal-to-London, the last segment of the world cruise. Everyone is starting to feel a little bit maudlin. Sad to leave, but ready to get back home. Lisbon, Portugal, is … Continue reading Lisbon