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Greenwich, England
May 5-6 On our last evening before docking at Greenwich, we had a great dinner with our best friends group honoring JoAnna’s birthday….which would take place several days later. One might think it was so she could be sure to get presents. But, she and Mary brought a bottle of 1975 Port so that speculation doesn’t…
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Dover, England
May 4 Oh Boy! Dover. There’s not much here. Last visit found us traveling to Canterbury for a day….which was OK …once. Tomorrow, I think that we’ll focus on exercise and packing. Dover is a port town perched on the narrowest part of the English Channel….about 21 miles across.There are about 40,000 residents in the…
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Honfleur, France
May 3 As we wind down, Honfleur looks like the perfect stop. Google says, “Ports don’t come any prettier than Honfleur on the Seine estuary.” It has a population of around 8000 people– fewer than 100 years ago. Guidebooks say that a tourist needs a half day there; usually, they say at least 2-3 days…
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Sea Days and Viking Does Brunch
May 2 Sea Days are days when Viking goes all out on food– offering a special brunch or some other celebration that involves food. The displays are incredible and the food delicious.
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A Sea Day
May 2 With an open day, it’s a nice opportunity to write my “Top 10 List” of observations from the cruise. These can be anything that has made an impression on our cruise and, probably, carryovers from previous cruises. This is our 27th ocean and river cruise; my 30th counting 3 Semesters at Sea. I…
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A Coruna, Spain
May 1 Perched in the corner of Northwest Spain, A Coruna is the second largest city in Galicia. There are 250,000 people in the city; 500,000 in the greater metropolitan area. The Romans visited in the 2nd century BCE, followed by the Vikings in the 4th century. There wasn’t much there for the Vikings, as…
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Vigo, Galicia, Spain
April 30 When foreigners think of Spain, they generally think of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, or Seville. However, if discussing Galicia, in western Spain, Vigo makes the list. With 300,000 inhabitants…550,000 in the urban area…it is the most populous city in Galicia. It has a prime location on the coast, but given it’s historically small population, it…
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Oporto, Portugal
April 29 Having skipped Portimao, it appears that we’ll have more time in Oporto. That’s good because we like it there. We’ve had 2-3 previous visits and enjoyed a Viking river trip on the Douro River. Someone else apparently discovered it before us. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996 and in…
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Portimao, Algarve, Portugal
April 28 Portimao is a tourist town on the Algarve region of Portugal with a population of 60-65,000. It followed the “usual” path to development, having been populated by the Carthaginians, Visigoths, and then Moors. Portugal conquered the area in 1249, but it was considered unsafe for settlement because of the pirates that frequented the area.…
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Cadiz
April 27 In 2005, when we lived in Spain, we traveled to Cadiz, Jerez and a “white city.” I recall 2 highlights. First, the kids played at a large square with an historic cathedral while we ordered “famous” fish and chips at a restaurant. We were expecting a couple pieces of fish and french fries.…
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