NORMANDIE of BRITTANY FERRIES and Siena in Tuscany

Third crossing of the year on NORMANDIE and a few days later chance for a few photos at the fascinating Siena, Capital of the Province of Siena in Tuscany, Italy, A UNESCO World Heritage site. Photos April 2015

Shops ready for Valentine's Day at Saint-Malo

Photos 8.2.2014

"CRUISE ROMA" at Porto Torres in Sardinia

"CRUISE ROMA" travelled for just over 12 hours to get to Porto Torres, we docked at about 12.30 and were there for just over one hour, Porto Torres is a city located north of Sardinia on the Province of Sassari, together with Olbia are the main ports on the island, Cagliari being the Capital city with about 150.000 inhabitants. Sardinia is a major tourist destination in the Mediterranean, a lot of Spanish people disembarked but also there were a lot of Italians boarding the ship to take them to the mainland, passengers in transit did not leave the ship, I have never been to Sardinia, but it is on my wish list now, the place looked so inviting, for the "CRUISE ROMA" it was business as usual so before 14.00 hours we were again at sea, it would take us about seven hours to get to Civitavecchia, E.T.A. would be 20.45 so one hour and a half late. Photos 14.7.2013

Sailing Cruise Ferries and ship spotting in the MED

Coming soon on my Bloggs the summary of the last two weeks of ship spotting, back at Barcelona for the cruise ships and the lovely tall ship AMERIGO VESPUCCI, a maiden voyage on GRIMALDI's CRUISE ROMA, new Cruise Ferries to this blog, courtesy of calls at Sardegna and Civitavecchia and cruise ships at this central Italian Port, where I had not been since 1995. Please stay in touch, trust you will not be disappointed.

San Sebastian the Capital of GIPUZKOA in the Spanish Basque Country

I was recently in San Sebastian one of the most beautiful cities in Spain in my opinion, warm climate amazing gastronomy, San Sebastian will be the European Capital of Culture, together with Wroclaw in Poland in 2016. The city is the Capital of GIPUZKOA in the Spanish Basque Country only 12 miles away from the French border, has a population of just  over 180.000 people. Photos above taken 18.2.2013 at the heart of the "pintxos" Bars and Restaurants area.

shipping at Santander

Photos taken 20.12.2012