Got up at 6.00am to the sound of the rain pounding down torrentially outside; it had been pouring down relentlessly most of the night, and the paddy fields outside our rear window looked even more flooded. We had been due to take a ride along the river in a boat made from a hollowed-out tree…
…Falls mainly in Tenerife. Or so it seemed, when we woke up to low cloud and intermittent showers. This is our fourth visit to Tenerife on a cruise ship and it’s the coldest and wettest it’s been. We got up about 8.30am and went to the Palm’s Café for a light breakfast, before getting ourselves…
Well, what a complete waste of a day today turned out to be! During the night I woke up several times and I could hear the wind howling and the waves crashing against the hull of the Adonia below our balcony. After 32 cruises, we are used to feeling the motion of the ship when…
Woke up around 8.30 this morning, after waking up in the night a few times due to torrential rain and thunderstorms. The lightning was really bright, even through the curtains and my closed eyes. When we got up, however, the rain had stopped and the sun was attempting to get through the scattered clouds. We…
Today we woke up in Funchal, Madeira. We had been here twice before; the last visit was a couple of years ago. Madeira is a beautiful island, and is sometimes known as the garden of the Atlantic, as its flora is so green and lush. But today we opened our curtains to grey skies and mist. …
