We just completed a seven week trip which included 14 days on a repositioning cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to Lisbon, followed by 10 days in Lisbon, Porto, and the Algarve before flying to Nice where we started a whirlwind adventure - moving every three to five days, while hitting the highlights of each base - …
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Postcards From Portugal
Today is day twenty-seven of our latest travel adventure. In the previous post, I wrote about the first two weeks of our repositioning cruise to Europe aboard the SilverRay. Friends accompanied us on the cruise, and they traveled with us for five days after we docked in Lisbon. We split the time in Lisbon and …
All Day Tours Are Not Created Equally- Beware
Malcolm and I recently relied on the advice of a hotel concierge in Lisbon for the best way to visit Sintra and Cascais. Both destinations are not far from the city and can be visited in one day. The two options presented to us were to hire a private car at 290 euro or join …
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Two Great Day Trips From Porto
Malcolm and I are just home from a twelve day transatlantic cruise that took us from New York to Lisbon followed by a week in Portugal, which we split between Lisbon and Porto. After disembarking the Azamara Journey in Lisbon, we took a three minute walk from the sea port to the train station where …
Taking the Slow Boat – Re-positioning Cruise
What is a Re-positioning Cruise Each Spring cruise lines re-position many of their ships from Miami and Ft. Lauderdale to Europe in order to service itineraries there. The fares for these cruises are typically discounted in order to fill the ship for its voyage across the Atlantic. The duration of a re-positioning cruise will depend …
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