Cruise Talk

This was our second visit to Cartagena Spain, having first visited in 2009, also on a Transatlantic cruise. We explored the main shopping area on the first trip, but this time we skipped the shopping (mostly) and visited a few more of the historic sites. I also made my way to the park on the hill which is part of the Cerro del Molinete Archaeological Park. Visiting the hill was free, though visiting the more… Read more

Since we had never been to Palma de Majorca, we did take a shuttle into town and explore the main shopping street and the plaza outside the cathedral, as well as some of the historical buildings. There were several cruise… Read more

I should preface this with the statement that this cruise was really just a relaxing way for us to get home from our very intense river cruise, so we had no specific plans to get off at any ports, especially… Read more

Logistics in and out of Rome can be complicated. We flew from Bucharest through Munich and then on to Rome the night before the cruise. Our only worry was getting out of Munich as the Air Traffic Controllers were on… Read more