Welcome to Easter Sunday and, surprise, surprise another day at sea. If we've only just got over six days at sea, another one comes along. Our days at sea, from now on, will be alternated with days in port. The clock went forward again (for the fifth time) making us now on the same time as the UK.Paul, our cruise Director, had been promising a live message from the Pope for a few days now. Some passengers actually believed that the Spiritual leader of the Cat...

Six days at sea without sight of land is nearly at an end. There has been plenty of entertainment in the evenings to keep most people entertained. There is usually at least one game show/trivia in the evening for those who haven't had enough of the three trivia sessions during the day. One such game show that Roisin and I played was based on the TV show Jeopardy. Each team is given a grid with subjects along the top and a value ($100, $200, $300 etc..) down t...

Total distance travelled since Santos: 4345 nautical milesThis is our 3rd time to Madeira. On our first visit we rode down the hillside in a wicker sled. Last time was the incident with my ankle so other than hobble around the prom, bought a bottle of wine and had a cup of coffee, we did nothing that exciting. This our 3rd time, we had planned to visit Europe's highest vertical cliff – Cabo Girão. The number 154 bus drops you directly outside the entra...

After a night’s rest the swelling on my ankle had recededand felt much better although it was still very tender. I was able to putweight on my foot but when walking I was still unable to do anything about thepronounced limp. My limp had reduced from the ‘Herr Flick’ category to a ‘Jakethe Peg (without his extra leg)’ category!! I took the bandage off to assess the progressand gasped at the colour of the side of my foot. At first I t...

We have 2 days at sea now before we hit land again. It's time to sit back and enjoy the ride. Life at sea, however is not all plain sailing (sorry about the pun!) It’s time for another 'incident’.Kaye related to us that as she and her husband Charlie were getting in to the elevator last night. It was pretty full. The elevator stopped at a deck and the doors opened. A man and his wife pushed their way in to the dismay of some passengers alread...