Day One Hundred Seventy-One June 25 It is not good a good sign when no pilot flag or the country flag are flying from the mast. I woke early again to take some pictures of the Dublin countryside. Little did I know that this was the closest we would get to Dublin today. Again, we were to tender but the weather conditions again prevented the operation from being carried out. It was embarkation day for our sister ship Sirena and no extra docking stations were ...

Day One Hundred Seventy June 24 On the previous sea day, the captain informed us that due to weather conditions and the fact that the ship would need to use the tendering system, the stop unfortunately in Waterford was cancelled. The expected swells would not allow the tender dock to be lowered from the ship. Too bad as it would have been a new port for us. In its place Insignia would sail to Cobh (pronounced Cove). Cobh is the cruise terminal on the south coas...