Tuesday and Wednesday 7th and 8th July 2026 The last couple of days of any holiday always seems a little bittersweet. You’re still exploring, but every now and then your mind wanders to home, your own bed… and the people you’ve been missing. On Tuesday morning, after picking up our hire car on the outskirts…

Eating our way through Barcelona 🍷🥖🥘 Sunday and Monday, 5th and 6th July 2026 If a picture tells a thousand words, then surely a few hundred photos must tell millions! My last few posts have been on the long side, so I’m going to let the photos do most of the talking this time. Our…

Thursday 2nd July – Agadir, Morocco Well, this is it. Our final port before two sea days and then we wave goodbye to the ship in Barcelona on Sunday morning. It doesn’t seem possible that our African adventure is almost over (for 2026 at least). Today’s stop was Agadir, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. With around…

Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Wednesday 1st July 2026 Today was a bit of a milestone on our journey. We finally made it to Europe… well, sort of! Our port was Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote, one of Spain’s Canary Islands. Politically we’re in Europe because the islands are an autonomous community of Spain, but…