Day One Hundred Thirty - May 15 Hei og velkommen (Hello and welcome) we are now in the country of Norway and visiting the city of Kristiansand on its southern coast. We spent the previous day sailing from St. Malo, France in the North Sea. On our way, we can see oil rigs and wind turbines in the sea. The North Sea is rather shallow with average depths of just 95 meters, so I assume that installing these huge structures is not a problem. Today is Sunday and w...

Day One Hundred Twenty Eight - May 13 Our ship's arrival time was 07:00 and we booked the ship tour to Mont St. Michel in Normandy. Three buses from the ship had booked the tour and we boarded the first bus with friends, Keith, Ilona, Joy and Ed. What was noticeable was that we were greeted by our tour guide Alain who was not wearing a mask at the time but informed us that we were only required to wear one on the bus. He in fact said us that effective Monday Ma...

Day One Hundred Twenty Seven - May 12 Today we arrived in Brest France after spending a sea day sailing in the Bay of Biscay. This area of the Atlantic Ocean extends from Spain to the south and France's west coast. Our arrival time is 08:00 with an inter-port shuttle bus service that provides service to the following stops: (1) Navy Museum (Castle), (2) Place de la Liberte (Tourist Office) and (3) Quay de la Douane (Marina). Only four tours were made available...

Day One Hundred Twenty Five - May 10 Today we arrived at Vigo Spain, the port city for Santiago de Compostela. Janice booked a self guided walk of the last ten kilometers of the Camino de Santiago. We were required to meet our guide in Santiago the morning of the hike. This is where it gets interesting. While reviewing the port information for Santiago de Compostela (Vigo), Janice assumes that we are docking there. No, we are 97 kilometers away and the schedu...

Day One Hundred Twenty Three - May 8 We have finally delivered the suitcase to its rightful owner in Portimao after receiving possession of the said suitcase a long time ago in Tahiti. The said suitcase has been under our bed since then. Portimao is towards the western end of the Algarve. It is close to Vilamoura which we visited on a golfing hoilday in September of 2019. The city with its population of 40,000 has had a large boom in contruction with the incre...