Cadiz

 Today we are in Cadiz.  Lovely and warm. Large block of flats next to us which arrived in the morning. The MSC Virtuoso. 

Ship moored up in the town centre so we went for a walk and a coffee   In the sunshine!

Visited the bargain cow shop for some bargains! Then a cup of coffee in the square  

Yas yacht moored up by us. Started as a Dutch Frigate.  Now an Abu Dhabi Superuacht

Coffee time!!

Off Lisbon

 We had to call in at Portland harbour near Weymouth to offload a sick passenger.  As a result we were delayed and so missed La Corunna and are bound for Cadiz 

We are enjoying the ship. Helen going to the gym and Charles relaxing.  The  show company can all sing so we are getting some good musicals. 

Getting a signal from Portugal so just catching up off Lisbon!

 

Weymouth? No! Portland!

 We seem to have come to land near Weymouth. Will find out soon! Next stop Spain.   See the next post for details….

18th October 2021 Bolette to The Canaries

 This time we are onboard Fred Olsen Bolette from Dover. We have booked parking ...

Our  boat has arrived overnight. We are staying at the Holiday Inn overnight before. 

We are in cabin 6178 which has a small balcony . Arrival was very smooth -  Car, Covid test for 20 minute wait, and then board. Took an hour in all before we had lunch!

Our bathroom …

We all wear a tracker on board for Covid. 

Bun and Ted are on board of course …

Home to Southampton

We had a fairly bouncy trip back across the Bay of Biscay. Usual array of formal dinner and lists of eggs eaten and cream devoured!! A last free Fred Olsen Cava was just about managed ...

Moored up at 6 am. and we were off by 8 am in the car. A very quick and speedy process!

Charles drove to Heathrow where he was deposited on a flight to Madrid (Back to Spain!). Helen had a small diversion thanks to traffic jams and got home in plenty of time to start the washing!!!

Last view from Cabin 8009 - dawn at Southampton

Quick car key collection in The Neptune Theatre at Southampton after Breakfast...

Vigo

Cathedral

Main street - C&A on right!

Dinosaurs

Nice Italian Ice Cream shop

Lots of memories of emigration ..

Our last port of call for this cruise; Passing from Spain to Portugal and back to Spain mean that the clocks change - so an extra hour less in bed today - but another hour tonight! At least we arrived at 1 pm and that meant we could have an extra hour in bed.

We had a stroll though town, not as quiet as it was last time on a Sunday we were here, but not at all busy. A visit to C&A of course, and an ice cream, and a lurk through the shopping center on the way back. The berth is very convenient for the City.

Weather a little colder to prepare us for home - and the Bay of Biscay next!

Pilot boat

Moored at the Terminal

Almost in town

Lisbon

Today a tour around the city on coach and tram (with a small custard tart and port.

We sailed in under the bridge in the morning, and at the end of our tour went into a local supermarket at the train station next to our berth where we got a bargain 5 Euro bottle of white port ... Helen got her coffee at the Maritime Museum, and we ate lunch by the pool deck on return.

English night, the show sounds good though!

Under the Bridge this morning

Tram

Port and Custard Tarts

Church opposite Maritime Museum

Funicular

Railway station

Lunch by the pool on Black Watch