Cruise Day 1, 2, and 3 – Drake Passage Crossing
Greeting, everyone! I begin this post on Jan 4th, 2023, with our evening arrival and boarding of the Silver Cloud. Count this as Day 1 of the cruise. As I mentioned in the previous...
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Travel Day 3 and Embarkation
Greetings, everyone! This post picks up on Jan 4th, 2023, at the Santiago Airport, WITH our luggage! Yay! We find the Silversea representative and he escorts us to the area they are collecting folks....
Travel Days 1 and 2 Flying to Santiago, Chile
Greetings, all! I’m gonna catch you up on what has transpired to this point! Pardon me for providing too much information, but I gotta get this off my chest… I don’t have many photos...
Antarctica Itinerary
Greetings, all! And Happy New Year! We are preparing for our upcoming tour to Antarctica! We’re sailing on the Silversea Silver Cloud. Here is the map. The itinerary is simple – 2 days at...
Ed’s and Joy’s Adventure Post-Cruise Final Analysis
In this post I want to give you some of our statistics: We sailed 196 days! Many on the cruise joined us in Los Angeles for the 180 day cruise. The ship nominally holds...
Port 103 New York City, New York!!
Hello, everybody! On the morning of the 4th of July, 2022, we are finally out of the fog as we sail into New York’s harbor! The sun is coming up as we approach! Manhattan...
Port 102 St. John’s, Newfoundland
Hello! We arrive at St. John’s, Newfoundland, under foggy skies on 1 Jul, 2022. But before that I wanna show you this! We had a special celebration for just the Around The World (or...
Port 101 Belfast, United Kingdom
Dia duit! (Good morning!) It is yet another gray, drizzly morning when we arrive in Belfast, Ireland, on 26 Jun, 2022! I overslept and wake to find our tug already pulling us around so...
Port Abort Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland
The title says it all. We are supposed to tender today, but due to continued bad weather (high winds today – the sun is shining!) our stop is cancelled. We will have a sea...
Port 100 Cobh, Ireland
Dia duit! La maith agat! (Hello! Good morning!) Rain! Rain! Rain! Waterford was to be a tender port, but due to heavy winds the ship announced at 10:30 PM last night our port will...
Port 99 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hallo! Goedemorgen! (Hello! Good morning!) The weather is near perfect as we enter the river to Amsterdam on 21 Jun, 2022! On the starboard side a pretty lighthouse complex is near an old fortress...
Port 98 Tilbury, United Kingdom
Hello! Good morning! (Hello! Good morning!) I want to start with an apology for my absence. My computer crashed and still has problems staying connected to the internet, plus we had to begin packing...
Port 97 Honfleur, France Take 2
Bonjour! We return to the port of Honfleur for a second visit on 18 Jun, 2022. We were just here a few weeks ago, on 6 Jun – D-Day! – so I don’t worry...
Port 96 La Coruña, Spain
Buenos dias! A little haze followed us, but blue skies were coming as we arrive in La Coruña on Jun 16th, 2022! The ship spun around and we backed in to our berth. Very...
Port 95 Oporto, Portugal
Bom dia! Jun 15th, 2022, proves to be another hazy, drizzly morning as we approach Oporto, Portugal. The city appeares on the starboard side. That’s where I’ll be exploring today! But an amazing array...
Port 94 Lisbon, Portugal
Bom dia! When we arrived in Lisbon on Jun 14th, 2022, there was a very low ceiling of clouds. Today is supposed to be sunny and warm. I hope this is true! The figure...
Port 93 Gijon, Spain
Hola! Buenos dias! Today is Jun 12th, 2022. Gijon is not pronounced anything like you may think. Try “Xi-Xon” with a “kh” sound from the back of your throat. Got it? Keep trying! The...
Port 92 Bordeaux, France
Bonjour! This post begins where Le Verdron left off earlier today! It is still Jun 9th, 2022. We pushed off from the dock at Le Verdron at about noon. We have about four hours...
Port 91 Le Verdon, France
Bonjour, We came in to Le Verdon early, under gray skies again. We get our tugboat assist about the same time as the pilot boat arrives! A short while later we are snugging up...
Port 90 La Rochelle, France
Bonjour! Comment vas-tu? (Hello! How are you?) We woke early to see it was gray, cold, and windy! Land was not exciting. Then a tug came to assist us. I love watching these guys!...
