It's 6:00 a.m. and it seems like everything is good on the Eurodam bridge as there have not been any early morning announcements as of yet.

We are scheduled to arrive about 8:00 a.m. today and were scheduled for an extended stay here in Portland/Weymouth with plans not to leave until 11:00 p.m. tonight. It’s a great opportunity for Deb and I to sleep in and explore this after we change things up and have breakfast in the Dining Room.

Tom & Jamie have scheduled a bus tour today to a castle somewhere outside of the Portland area whereas Deb and I have chosen to stay close to the ship and do a little walking tour in and around the town.

Not much at all in Portland proper so that’s why there was free shuttle buses to take us into Weymouth. It’s a city of about 250,000 people – kinda felt like we were on an episode of Coronation Street. There’s a pub every second building and they’re on both sides of the street. I managed to pick up a micro-sim for my unlocked iPhone so I’ll get that working it case we need a phone for some sort of emergency. We stopped in at The Swan for lunch. A typical English pub, I just had to order the fish and chips while Deb opted for the grilled cheese sandwich.

The skies were overcast with just a little rain in the air on one occasion. Here in Weymouth they have very large beach with today’s weather not being a day for the beach in my books, but families were there digging in the sand and wading in the water. This was a WWII town with monuments everywhere commemorating those who had fallen during the conflict – it also had more than it’s fair share of WWII museums and artifacts in front of the local retail shops.

I really wanted to go the two hours out to see Stonehenge but our dinner companions indicated that they were very disappointed with this tour and would definitely have not done this if they knew that in advance. Apparently some of the stones have been replaced and even repositioned in concrete so that they don’t topple over – definitely "sacred".

Just a short sail across the English Channel tonight for our next port-of-call Cherbourg, France. We’re scheduled to pull alongside at around 7:00 a.m. for a 4:30 departure so we don’t have any tours scheduled other than a walkabout through the Cherbourg area. Signing off from the Piano Bar where we’ve singing along with the piano player (Ken Nunn) who is exceptional. A couple of night caps and we’re off to bed.

Thanks for continued comments and support on our European adventure. Keep those comments coming. I've listed below Tom's blog as well as he has taken the time to "downsize and post" his photos.


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