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Category Archives: Travel
Souks
We started our day after breakfast as always with a hike back out of the warren of lanes to board our bus. On our way out and about the city, we drove past “the royal palace.” Although obviously it is … Continue reading
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Fez
Or Fes as it is known/ pronounced here. We were reminded that fez is a hat, familiar to many from the Shriners. No fez were seen today. We departed our hotel right after breakfast, boarding the bus which is nice, … Continue reading
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Rabat
Tour of the city this morning. Officially the capital of Morocco. Wiki lists it as the seventh largest city with a population just over ½ a million and a metro area of around 1.5 million. As a Constitutional monarchy, there … Continue reading
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Arriving in Casablanca
Via France. Of course via Paris & CDG airport since we were booked on Air France ( by the trip folks through Delta which made it even more complicated) . Our arrival was on time, about the almost completely packed … Continue reading
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Long flights
Both of us were packed last night and ready to go. AC transit site for bus schedules is well less than useless. Starting and ending times on the routes are clear, but when they arrive at ending particular stop? Guessing … Continue reading
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If it is Tuesday
it is not Belgium. (reference – the 1969 movie – two links for you – Wiki & Internet Archives. Instead this is packing day. We leave tomorrow for two weeks in Morocco, so not Belgium either. But first – the … Continue reading
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Braving the city
In this case the city in question is San Francisco and the object of my trip was on Golden Gate Ave. Rather than be insane enough to drive, I had George drop me off at North Berkeley BART just before … Continue reading
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And flying home
As you can imagine, it was a very long day. Starting at 0430 on east coast time, catching the hotel shuttle at 0500, fighting the stupid “do it yourself” machines to get luggage tags and boarding passes followed by forever … Continue reading
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Sailing in to Miami
Not surprisinly, I was awake and out and about at 0400 to watch the ship sail into the Port of Miami. We took the ship’s tranport to Miami airport, then the Embassy Suites shuttle to the hotel where … Continue reading
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The Last Sea Day
As per usual – this was organizing and packing day, typical for the last day of a cruise. Well, at least on the larger ships which require you to place bags out for pick up NLT 2200 the night before … Continue reading
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Fifth in a Row
And by now I am sure that you more than have the idea. I am writing this while using Miriam’s wifi account since I still haven’t been able to access my “free minutes” on this ship. If I have any … Continue reading
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Fourth in a Row
And ….. the majority of the day spent stitching and relaxing. This is a sea day in case you hadn’t guessed. We ended the day by using my second specialty restaurant meal voucher at Cagney’s which is the steakhouse on … Continue reading
Third in a row
I can’t imagine, or maybe I can, what this ship would feel like at capacity. I think I mentioned that it is at about 70%. Mornings are fine, there is enough room in most of the lounges for people to … Continue reading
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Two in a row
This is the second day of all the remaining sea days. There will be six as a matter of fact. On the seventh day we …. dock. So no rest for those who chose Sunday as that day. So anyway. … Continue reading
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All the sea days
We are at the start of our series of sea days which will continue until we reach port in Miami on the 15th. [The beatings will continue until morale improves?] Obviously there are a serious number of people on ship … Continue reading
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NCL Encore – Ponta Delgada
In case some of the information isn’t just hanging out there at the top of your mind – this is the Azores and part of Portugal. And, it is Sunday so most everything isn’t open. A few stores along with … Continue reading
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NCL Encore – Another Sea Day
I won’t bother to get in a long discussion about all the time zone changes. (Started on UK, changed to Spain, changed to Portugal,, changed to the Azores tonight). I am still waking up incredibly early which means I can … Continue reading
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Lisbon. Portugal
This is the real 6 Dec. For whatever reason I grabbed the wrong draft email, cut, pasted and happily sent it out. Then realized that it was the wrong date. Argh Miriam went out and about. I stayed on the … Continue reading
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Vigo Spain – Glides and Forts
Is a fascinating Spanish port city. Located along a western inlet it was just a short sail up the inlet. I haven’t been here before, but it is one of those close launching points for those planning hiking Jakob’s Web … Continue reading
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NCL Encore TA – Day 2
Doing this from my phone, so short & sweet. I will add pix in the future but not dealing with that right now. This turned out to be a lovely sea day. I chatted with a number of lovely people, … Continue reading
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