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Seville Again! October 15-16
During the night, the Odyssey came up the Guadalquivir River to make port for two days in Seville, Spain. I was here just a few months ago waiting for the boat to be ready, so the rainy morning didn’t bother me. I was prepared to spend less time exploring and more figuring out my schedule,
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Exploring Cadiz Spain on Foot – Oct 14, 2024
Last night for dinner, the dining hall (completely coincidental) served turkey with cranberry sauce and stuffing, so I got an early Canadian Thanksgiving dinner. It was delicious. The seas were also calmer last night, or we didn’t have to go as fast, but the rocking was much less – Yah for the light sleepers. This
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Villa Vie is Finally on the GO! First up Portimao, Portugal.
October 13th, (several friends asked me to date the entries so they know about when they occurred) Yay, after 4 months of delays, the Odyssey is on the move. I spent the past month in Canada again, rescuing my brother, sister-in-law, and their Husky from a failed engine 8 hours in the mountains, visiting with
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Dusseldorf
What is hopefully my last stop in Germany before I head back to Belfast to get on the boat is Dusseldorf. For those of you who have been following along, the Odysey, my future cruise home is almost 4 months late. I’ve been making the most of traveling around Europe, but I’m tired of carry-on
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Hannover
Hanover is about 90 minutes from Bremen and much less touristic than the other cities in Germany, and I was the only one getting off the bus here. One thing I have noticed is that it is much windier than the other cities I’ve visited with my hair flying and table menus taking to the
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Bremen
Prices started to increase dramatically in Hamburg, so it was a good time to head out of town. The group I was traveling with split up and headed in several directions. The boat was being tested today, Wednesday, so we needed to keep occupied until at least the weekend. I decided to go an hour
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Luneburg
Another day trip and a short 30-minute train ride away from Hamburg is Luneburg. This is an even smaller town than Lubeck that we had visited two days previously. Official Tourism-Website of Lüneburg | Lüneburg Marketing GmbH (lueneburg.info) Unlike Lubeck, this town doesn’t have a walking map online for us. But it is pretty easy
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Lubeck
After a week of seeing every sight in Hamburg (or at least it felt like we’d seen everything), we headed out of town to the town of Lubeck. It is a 45-minute train ride from Hamburg’s central train station, and trains depart every 30 minutes. Again, we purchased a group day rail ticket. Lubeck is
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A Week in Hamburg
If you watch the cruise industry, you may have heard of Villa Vie. It’s been making the news as it passes its 3-month delayed mark. Round-the-world cruise stranded in Belfast with passengers onboard (msn.com) I’m one of them. Rather than stay in Belfast or Canada waiting, I’ve been traveling, as one week became several, and
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Northern Wales Castle Hunt
From Liverpool, my crew of 5 (me and my four fellow cast-aways) decided to rent a car and go on a day trip to Northern Wales to check out castles. Our first adventure was trying to fit inside the rental car. It was called an “SUV”, but it is nothing like it’s full bodied cousins
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