We just pulled away from the dock in Lisbon and turned around in the wider part of the Tagus River.  Twenty-four hours ago, I didn’t even know the Tagus existed.

I love sail away, no matter if it’s from Lisbon

 … finish reading Sail Away

This afternoon Earl and I took a tour of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and the only European port we’ll be seeing on this trip.  We understand that an afternoon with a tour guide isn’t the same as a week

 … finish reading Lisbon, Portugal

We are cruising the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula and will dock in Lisbon this afternoon.  Columbus and his crew couldn’t have been more excited to see land than the almost three thousand passengers on the Crown Princess.

It’s

 … finish reading Back to Normal

The Captain just announced that enough fuel has arrived that we can make it to Lisbon, Portugal, where more fuel awaits.  He predicted we’ll leave the shelter of Southampton within half an hour and head into the Atlantic.  With this

 … finish reading Sail Away

The Captain roused us this morning with an update. During the night winds approached almost one hundred miles an hour. They made me grateful that the location of our cabin, for which we paid extra, was on a lower deck

 … finish reading Good News, Sort Of

The day came and went but no hurricane appeared.

We’re still moored in Southampton and the Captain came on the loud speaker around 6 PM to say we were staying put. Yet throughout the day, rain has been merely sporadic,

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It’s 5 PM.  Time for the traditional sail away celebration as we leave the port and head to sea.

Except . . . we’re not going anywhere tonight. And we may not be going anywhere tomorrow or the day after

 … finish reading The Ship to Nowhere

I had hoped to blog a lot about London during our stay, but when it boiled down to visiting more sights or writing about ones we’d seen, I chose the former.  Besides, such guides as Fodor’s can tell you more

 … finish reading London in a Nutshell

Earl and I leave tomorrow on a three week trip that takes us to rainy England, the barren northern coast of France, and then south to sunny Spain and Portugal on our way to crossing the Atlantic in November and

 … finish reading Preparations