Random thoughts from the sea
Day 65, 2025 Grand World Voyage Monday, March 10, 2025; Indian Ocean. We knew something was up when we started getting texts from a few friends back home. I was sitting in the Ocean Bar around 5 p.m. with my friends Tom and Monika, streaming a live feed of CBS’s
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Day 34, 2024 Ultimate Mediterranean Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024; Cadiz/Seville, Spain. This morning I was torn. With a forecast of steady rain all day, do I go to Seville as planned with my original intention of sketching and painting there? I have never been to Seville, and surprisingly the nearby
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Day 9, 2024 Ultimate Mediterranean Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024; Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal Alas, my plan to enjoy my favorite cocktail – a gin and tonic – at Peter’s Café Sport in Horta, Azores, went awry. Seas too rough for tendering ashore caused us to miss yesterday’s port call after
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Day 85, 2024 Grand World Voyage Thursday, March 28, 2024; Colombo, Sri Lanka. I had lots of opportunities to see elephants in Sri Lanka. To feed them. To bathe them. Perhaps even to ride them, although not on any of the Holland America excursions. The practice is controversial. (Not so
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