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Tag: torrential rain

Exploring La Coruña

Posted on November 17, 2022November 26, 2022 by bollingerbabe

BILLY & CAROLE’S DIAMOND WEDDING Got up this morning about 8.00am to find the Queen Victoria docked in La Coruña, in the Galician region of northern Spain.  We had been to Vigo before, but never to this port.  The weather was cloudy but mild. We got washed and changed into our gym gear.  Yes! We…

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Monsoon and Mahouts

Posted on July 2, 2018July 18, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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The Rain in Spain…

Posted on January 18, 2014April 9, 2022 by bollingerbabe

…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…

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Missing Man

Posted on May 27, 2013April 14, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Pedicures and Pampering

Posted on August 16, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Washed out in Madeira

Posted on October 21, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

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. …

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