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Month: May 2022

Bus around Barcelona

Posted on May 27, 2022June 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Had a bit of a lie-in this morning, as neither of us slept particularly well last night. Not only was the room fairly noisy (despite the ear-plugs) but it was warmer than we like it. So we didn’t get up until around 8.30am, and went out onto the tiny balcony for a vertiginous view of…

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Beautiful Barcelona

Posted on May 26, 2022August 26, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up this morning at 7.00am as we needed to vacate cabin 6062 by eight. Going out onto our balcony for the last time, we could see we were already docked in the beautiful city of Barcelona. We were pleased to be back here; it had been over 20 years since our last visit, and…

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Marvellous Marseille

Posted on May 25, 2022June 4, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up this morning at around 7.30am to find ourselves docked in the port of Marseille. We had never visited this part of France before, so we’d booked a half-day excursion. Looking across from our balcony, we were intrigued by the sight of a huge cathedral on top of a steep hill; we hoped we…

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So Nice in Nice

Posted on May 24, 2022June 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up around 8.00am as usual to see that the Azamara Pursuit was just getting ready to dock in Nice. The last time we’d been to Nice was in 2011, when we’d flown in to join sister ship Azamara Journey, where we did a four-night cruise culminating in the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. It was…

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Ha’way the Lads in Livorno

Posted on May 23, 2022June 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After the frenetic activities of the last couple of days, it was nice to be able to put the alarm on “snooze” this morning, and it was at the relatively late time of 8.25am when we got up and went out onto our balcony to greet the new day. 🙂 After the usual substantial breakfast…

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David and the Leaning Tower

Posted on May 22, 2022July 5, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Today we got up at seven o’clock to find the Azamara Pursuit slowly sailing into the port of Livorno, which would be the gateway to Florence (or, to give it its Italian name, Firenze). We had to meet in the Cabaret Lounge at 7.45am to register for our full-day excursion at eight, so we ate…

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Rome, if you want

Posted on May 21, 2022June 4, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Roam, if you want to,Roam around the world. Roam – The B52s We had to be up at going-to-work time, that is 7.00am, as we needed to assemble at eight o’clock in the Cabaret Lounge for our full day excursion. As we went out onto our balcony, we could see that the Pursuit was heading…

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Just Another Lemon Tree

Posted on May 20, 2022June 8, 2022 by bollingerbabe

I wonder how, I wonder why?Yesterday you told me ’bout the blue, blue sky,And all that I could seeWas just another lemon tree. Fool’s Garden This morning we got up at 8.00am once again, and eagerly went out onto our balcony to have a look around. The Pursuit was at anchor again, this time off…

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Sightseeing in Sicily

Posted on May 19, 2022May 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

This morning we woke up to bright sunshine and blue skies as we eagerly went out onto our balcony to take in our surroundings.  We found that the Azamara Pursuit was an anchor and we looked across the water at the shoreline of Sicily.  It looked to be fairly mountainous and we could see a…

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Sailing to Sicily

Posted on May 18, 2022May 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up at eight o’clock this morning, and went out on the balcony to see what the weather was like.  Although it was a blue sky and the sun was out, the brisk sea breeze made it colder than you would expect. We decided to have our breakfast in the self-service Windows Café and I…

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