Whirled Travels

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

We slid into Harvest Caye (pronounced “key”) a litle after 7 AM on Mar 19th, 2022. The ship slowed, then spun around to back in to the dock. This gave us a great view...

Morning came early! We came into port shortly after 6 AM on Mar 18th, 2022. The sun was just starting peek over the horizon. The waters were so calm the rising sun reflected magnificently!...

On the morning of Mar 17th we came into port at Roatan. This is an island off the mainland of Honduras. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We had a lovely sunrise following us. The ship...

We arrived at Port Antonio just after sunrise on Mar 15th, 2022. The islets and island arms we passed were simply gorgeous! A cute lighthouse guarded the point, but the sun backlit the view...

Hola! Early on Mar 12, 2022, we entered the narrow harbor of Santo Domingo! This was worth getting up early to see! For the first time ever we actually saw a tug boat doing...