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Halloween and Diwali Onboard the Odyssey
October 31st Right in the middle of three sea days, we had Halloween and Diwali celebrations. What fun it was. The boat had been decorated by the crew with a variety of carved jack-o-lanterns, streamers, webs, and other spooky decorations. The movies of the day were Halloween-themed; Hocus Pocus and Halloween. There was a wine
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Santa Cruz, Tenerife
October 29th This was my favorite of the three islands. I woke up at my usual time to get upstairs to catch the sunrise. We were just passing a small village nestled into the mountainy island when I got onto the deck. It looked adorable, and I made a note to myself to try and
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Las Palmas, Gran Canary Island, Spain
October 28 Our second island in the Gran Canaries was Las Palmas on Gran Canary Island. We pulled up with cloudy skies and a few raindrops at about 7 am. By the time the port was cleared for deboarding, the weather was cloudy, but the blue sky was peeking through. One of the disappointing things
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A Day at Sea in the Odyssey
October 2024 A few people have requested that I show them the boat, the Odyssey. Travels are fine, but they want to see my living conditions when I’m not out exploring. I put together a piecemeal of what a day could or does look like when the ship is sailing and there is nowhere to
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The Grand Canary Islands: Lanzarote
October 27, Arrecife We pulled into Arrecife at about 7 this morning with cloudy skies and multiple rainbows shining down on the island. Spain follows daylight savings so last night at 2 am we changed our clocks back an hour which is nice for a lie-in but makes breakfast sunrises more challenging as the sun
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Play it Sam, Casablanca again.
October 24th About 17 years ago , I visited a friend who was teaching in Casablanca, and there was not really anything to see or do, so I wasn’t too excited about a return visit. Now, to be fair, it was a while ago, so I hoped things would be better, but I kept my
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Discover Gibraltar, UK – Oct 20-21
The Rock of Gibraltar is world famous. Gibraltar is part of the UK even though it shares the border with Spain. The rock takes up most of the land area of Gibraltar and contains kilometers of tunnels going through the mountain. The top is a preserve with several tourist attractions. The easiest way to the
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1 Day in Malaga, Spain. October 22
Holy climbing, Batman! I started my day like usual, having breakfast and watching the sunrise. It was lovely and warmer on the deck than it had been most mornings. After a tasty omelet, I headed out to the city of Malaga. Our ship was in the last berth of the port, so it was a
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Exploring Tangier and Chefchaouen, October 17 & 18
We arrived in Morocco dark and early, with the pilot boat joining us at 7 am. A group of nine of us had decided to book a day trip to Chefchouen from Tangier that was picking us up from the port at 9am, so we needed the ship to be ready to disembark by 8:30.
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Ceuta, Autonomous State of Spain, October 19th
What a gorgeous day. I awoke at 7 am. and made my way to breakfast, where I was treated to the most magnificent sunrise over the Strait of Gibraltar. Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain in Northern Africa. In Ceuta, there is not much to see beyond a main street and heading up to
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