Port 57 Crotone, Italy
Ciao! Bonjourno! Finally! After days of rain and overcast we have sunshine as we arrive in Crotone on Apr 25th, 2022! We learn today is also a National Holiday for the Italian Liberation, marking...
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Port 56 Durres, Albania
Pershendetje! Dobro utro also works! We arrived in Durres on Easter Sunday,Apr 24th, 2022, under overcast and chilly skies. There were many interesting items in town visible from the ship. Here’s one of them...
Port 55 Kotor, Montenegro
Zdravo! Pozdravi! Insignia began the journey into Kotor’s bay early on Apr 23rd, 2022. The ride in is very long, and the sun, if we had one, would have been over the mountain when...
Port 54 Ancona, Italy
Ciao! Bonjourno! It was another dreary, drizzling morning when we arrived in Ancona’s harbor on Apr 22th, 2022. This poor little guy will agree. The rain sucks! He was hanging out two balconies over,...
Port 53 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dobro jutro! We had a long glide into the bay at Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Apr 21st, 2022. It was an overcast, drizzly morning…again. We pulled up alongside this magnificent bridge and what I will...
Port 52 Santorini, Greece
Yasu! It was a rainy moring when we arrived at Santorini on Apr 19th, 2022. The beautiful town of Oia (pronounced ee-yuh) sits on the north end of the island. We slide by on...
Port 51 Piraeus, Greece
Yasu! We were already docked when we woke at 5 AM on Apr 18th, 2022! Before I proceed, this is the start of a new segment, so I want to share with you what...
Port 50 Mytilini, Lesbos, Greece
Yasu (hello in Greek), It was a cool, dreary morning when we arrived at Mytilini on Apr 17th, 2022. There is a fortress, a castle, on the hill overlooking the port. We have a...
Port 49 Istanbul, Turkey
Merhaba! We had a late-morning arrival in Istanbul on Apr 15th, 2022. As this is an exciting port to see, the ship arranged to have one of our guest lecturers, Jennifer Eremeeva, speak about...
Port 48 Izmir, Turkey
Merhaba! (Turkish for “hello!”), We arrived at Izmir, Turkey, mid-morning on Apr 14th, 2022. The bay into the port is very long! We turned around 180 degrees and backed into the dock! On arrival...
Port 47 Haifa, Israel
Shalom, For the second time, we approach an Israeli port in the darkness, early on Apr 11th, 2022. Fortunately the sun tried to lighten the skies before we reached the breakwaters. We are docked...
Port 46 Ashdod, Israel
Shalom! We entered Ashdod’s harbor a little before 5 AM on Apr 10th, 2022. It was inky black darkness. Dozens of ships lay at anchor outside the harbor awaiting their turns at the commercial...
Port Abort Valletta, Malta
The post’s title says it all. But here are some of the photos I took. Ciao! On the morning of Apr 7th, 2022, we approached Valletta, Malta, in the middle of a very windy...
Port 45 Trapani, Sicily
Ciao! It was a cool, misty morning as we quietly glided into port in Trapani, Sicily, Apr 6th, 2022. Trapani is pronounced “TRAH-puh-nee” which is very different than I thought it was! (I was...
Port 44 Cagliari, Sardinia
After two rough days at sea, with waves easily 4 meters (12 to 15 feet – ship’s report) and occasionally approaching 6 meters (20 feet – my eyeballs), we made it to Cagliari, Sardinia...
Port 43 Funchal, Madeira
Ola! We arrived at Madeira and pulled in to Funchal’s harbor late in the morning on April Fool’s Day! This is the end of a seven-day Atlantic crossing! I apologize up front that it...
Port 42 Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
On Mar 24th, 2022, just before 6 AM we pulled up to Stirrup Cay and dropped anchor. We listened to the engine backing and felt the anchor chain rattling down the hawse hole before...
Port 41 Miami, Florida
A little after 4 AM on Mar 23rd, 2022, we entered Miami’s harbor. A tug was connecting to us to act as an emergency brake. In the distance another cruise ship was coming in....
Port 40 Cozumel, Mexico
We arrived at Cozumel around 6:30 AM on Mar 21st, 2022. The sun was trying to wake up. It started as a drizzly morning. We are tickled and pleased to be docking in the...
Port 39 Costa Maya, Mexico
The sun was high when we arrived at Costa Maya the morning of Mar 20th, 2022, a little before 9 AM. The dock is a long “T”. We dock all of the way at...
