Our last post was Hiking Up Gibraltar. Since visiting Gibraltar we’ve had a number of ports in both Spain and Italy. I’m going to approach this post a little different to catch you up on all the places we’ve been recently. A more rapid fire, first person recap of our most recent stops cruising Mediterranean […]
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Everyone has heard of Gibraltar right? The rock of Gibraltar, one half of Hercules’ pillars, the gateway to the Mediterranean… While Gibraltar may have a modest footprint on the grand scope of the world it is both huge and iconic. Hiking up Gibraltar is a bucket list event and an iconic port of call for
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I just want to let you know that it has been challenging to post between poor internet connectivity and some sea sickness looking at this screen too much while the ship rocks and rolls. As promised in the last post, the next leg of our journey would take us to the low countries and Normandy
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Dog’s first voyage together again with Dragon started with an unexpected change. Inclement weather in the North Sea resulted in three immediate somewhat rough sea days. Our Hamburg port was cancelled by German authorities and was eventually replaced with an unplanned day trip to Amsterdam via IJmuiden, Netherlands. Following that there were three successive ports
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Dog (Bob) finished his radiation treatments on October 9th. Radiation Oncology gave him the ok to make his escape from the U.S. and begin the journey to reunite with Dragon (Tiffany). The journey to Southampton Dog jumped aboard an Icelandair flight on evening of October 15th bound for London via a layover in Reykjavik. Customs
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It has been a challenging two weeks. Dog has been undergoing radiation therapy and has been, hmm, disinterested in writing at the computer to say the least. I’m back though! Seriously, it has been an up and down time of treatment with physical, mental, and emotional swings. I haven’t been in the right frame of
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Greetings from Dog in Colorado! I just wanted to pop in with a brief Colorado status update. As many of you know already, I am currently undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer. You may not know that I’m also starting a new career path in Medicare health insurance education and sales. I just want to
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It’s been busy up here in Boulder and there is a lot to update you on. Let’s start with a little light hearted fun shall we? My friend Nick Zepeda came up on Tuesday and informed me I was Low T, meaning my taco and tequila level was dwindling. Nick took me to a great
Sorry for the lengthy time between posts people. How about another interesting Dragon stop from September 7th? This one is an update from the English Channel involving a different Portland. Portland, UK is a four mile long tied island on the south coast of England. The history of Isle of Portland on Wikipedia is an
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August 29, 2023 was a Dragon stop in Liverpool, UK where she was able to go ashore for a walking adventure in the city. Liverpool is a large metropolitan city that is over 800 years old. It is a historic port city in north west England on the Irish Sea that in modern times is
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