October 1,2025. Rabat, Morocco. Our first time in North Africa. We woke to beautiful weather, a lovely view and enjoyed pastries and coffee on the balcony. We took the Crystal provided shuttle to the United Nations Square in downtown Casablanca and met our guide Ayuob and driver Salah. Then we set off for Rabat…an hour...
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September 30, 2025 Gibraltar The only thing that might prompt us to get up early…the desire to beat the rush at the Future Cruises desk. So as we are booking a cruise for next summer, Remi passes by and we tell him we are booking yet another cruise … he replies “Excellent! I will get...
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Monday, September 29,2025 Malaga, Spain We enjoyed coffee on our balcony, breakfast in Trident, cappuccinos in the Bistro…then set off for the Museo Automovilistico y de la Moda de Malaga. This museum combines a large collection of classic cars with fashion and design exhibits. As this is a repeat visit and we’ve visited Alcazaba, the...
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September 28, 2025 Cartagena, Spain Beautiful weather for a stroll down Cartagena’s main avenue…but first Sunday breakfast. Timmy always has eggs on Sunday… So we ordered omelets …mine with crab… Tim’s with pepper, onion and crab… Mili brought Timmy two donuts …such a comedian After first breakfast, we head to the Bistro for cappucc...
Continue readingSeptember 27, 2025 Ibiza aboard Symphony We woke to the sun peaking through the clouds, enjoyed a late breakfast with Mili and Dmitryo in Trident…then set out for Seahorse Beach club. As you may know there are millions of beach clubs in Ibiza… This seating area adjacent to the Beefbar bar, was packed last night…so...
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September 26, 2025 Barcelona We slept until 9 am when Andrei, our butler brought us coffee. Just coffee. No first breakfast in the cabin on this voyage…at least that’s the plan for now. So I was on the balcony and saw this ship coming in…I called to Timmy that I thought I had spied a...
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September 25,2005 Crystal Symphony in Barcelona We woke, enjoyed a last breakfast at Seventy hotel and left for the cruise ship terminal at 10:30. Twenty minutes later we spied Symphony. Dropping off our bags was seamless and we chilled out in the terminal until 11:40 when boarding began…again seamless. That’s Tim from the front office...
Continue readingSeptember 24,2025 Barcelona We slept until 10:00 am…what are we? Babies??? Anyway, it was as if we were drugged…still dealing with the jet lag. We made it to breakfast…then back to the room. I read a bit on the terrace…I guess I mentioned that I try to book hotel rooms with outdoor space. This space...
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September 23,2025 We caught a morning train to Girona. But first we fueled up on breakfast, eggs and yogurt for me…and apparently Timmy only had two small pastries … The coffee is beyond great. Waiting for the taxi to take us to the train station. Such a cool lobby. I really love this hotel. It’s...
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September 21,2025 Happy to be traveling back to a favorite city. Our first visit to Barcelona was in 2015. We spent three days before a cruise and loved the city so much, we returned the following year on a land vacation. Since then we’ve been back five times. I decided not to return to a...
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