Getting arty with the Da Vinci installation at the port… Just a quick walk round the front before meeting up with a young old friend to put the world to rights This was our amazing lunch in cafe atlantico – allegedly the bar Christopher Columbus sat at is still in situ… Made my own guacamole…
Month: January 2020
Moving On… Madeira a piece of cake
Three days at sea Six art classes And I ended up in Sunny Madeira Which is technically Portugal so any excuse for a Pastel de Nata (or two) We had a full day in Madeira so in the afternoon I was off to escort the Leisurely Madeira tour, which included a stop, for more cake!…
Cartagena
Coffee & Contrasts! Cartagena was simply spectacular We sailed in past the statue of The Virgin May against a backdrop of modern skyscrapers. Lazy seagulls & pelicans having a rest on mooring plinths and even ships ropes against beautiful blue skies I escorted Coffee & Old City Tour. Watch them like a hawk we’d been…
Colon – pretty poo really!
Colon, Panama. All the puns, and sadly it lives up to its name, it’s a bit full of poo… there’s some good stuff but you’ll have to look for it! If you stop here on a cruise they say the coast to coast train tour and the Indian Village tours are amazing Of course if…
Not lazy, more Energy Efficient
They sleep at least 20 hours a day Have no body fat as they eat a low calorie diet They pee & poo once a week Mating takes a maximum of 15 seconds That’s all your sloth facts from Costa Rica, where we learned that they aren’t really lazy just more energy efficient! We took…
Proper Preparation…..
The ship sailed on We sailed on. Flights were tricky, flying here there and everywhere to get home or flying through America we had no visa. We didn’t want to put added pressure on our family at home having to wait for us to have the funeral so we stayed. And in Belize our lack…
Cozumel Calls
In the blink of an eye everything changes A day off in Cozumel. While it’s not my favourite place, tourist trap with overly pushy sales people, all set up for the huge daily influx of cruise passengers, we had the day off and were enjoying a lovely Mum & daughter girly day I’d never had…
Sea Days and Sways
Today went like this Up early sending random messages to Keith. Random even by my standards 😂😂 Crawled out of bed assisted by tea and Bex who helped prep today’s class – a busy class but a rough one! Some smarty pants thought she was fine & didn’t need to take anything, bad move Suzanne!…
Paint Strippers
Our greeting in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Keith thought up the title I’m not that good! It was three local artists promoting their work and the faceless puppets from the islands culture with body paint. Their nipples modestly protected by sticking plasters. I suggested this to my arty friends, none seem keen so the idea…
While the cat’s away the mouse will tidy (K)
Couldn’t remember at first how I had done this in the past…..but then I did. Ok, rant first (what a surprise). If you publish Holiday Opening Hours STICK to them. Loaded the van with ‘rubbish’ yesterday, for the second time, and checked upon my first trip to the recycling centre (a fancy term for the…
Happy New Decade
It’s the first New Year Keith & I have spent apart in over 30 years and it feels weird! Even when I was in labour with our daughter, he was there! But said daughter had a dream of seeing the London fireworks and dreams are made for catching right? Changes for us over the last…
Suzanne’s Arty Travel 