Here is the itinerary. Looks familiar doesn’t it? If coming from the north – one stops in the Azores. If headed from the Med normally one makes a port or so in the Canaries.  What makes me really excited is those seven knitting days in a row!

the Route

ITINERARY

DAY DATE PORT ARRIVE   DEPART Sat Oct 27 Barcelona, Spain 5:00pm Sun Oct 28 Cartagena, Spain 11:00am 7:00pm Mon Oct 29 Malaga, Spain 8:00am 8:00pm Tue Oct 30 Cadiz, Spain 8:00am 5:00pm Wed Oct 31 At Sea Thu Nov 1 Tenerife, Canary Islands 9:00am 6:00pm Fri Nov 2 La Palma, Canary Islands 7:00am 5:00pm Sat Nov 3 At Sea Sun Nov 4 At Sea Mon Nov 5 At Sea Tue Nov 6 At Sea Wed Nov 7 At Sea Thu Nov 8 At Sea Fri Nov 9 At Sea Sat Nov 10 Fort Lauderdale, FL 6:00am

Any who – I am traveling this one in the “cheap seats” i.e. inner cabin but on one of the upper decks. Since I am in and around all of the suites, I am hoping that the nice cabin attendant will take pity on me so that I can have the good shampoo.

This is going to be a great cruise in spite of the ship size (3800 pax size) and the large number of loyalty club members (1800+) because I know several of my fellow travelers (Brad and Chere are celebrating a well earned retirement trip in Europe by traveling home in a leisurely fashion), Barbara from my Grandeur knitting group last fall is headed to winter quarters in Florida, I have found a few other knitters through Cruise Critic so all is good. I also will get my cappuccino in the morning and spend a lot of time in the fitness center.

Life is good.