Malaga is a major port of call in Spain's south, located on the Costa del Sol in the Andalucia province. Increasingly popular with cruise lines as the start and finish port for cruises......
Marina is Oceania Cruises first new-build, launching a new class and size of ship for the line, as well as a vessel which claims to be one for true traveling gourmands......
Back home from my epic trip to Europe, I was reading about some updated cruise line policies on a topic which has the habit of firing people up considerably - smoking......
San Francisco is not only picturesque but has a magnetic appeal, making it an ideal year-round destination. Another bonus is that arriving or departing by ship affords amazing views of two of its most famous tourist sites - the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.......
I got well behind in wrapping up my blog from this amazing cruise….and for good reason. For one, after our long day excursion to Paris we were pretty tired….we also had to go back to Jacques for dinner, start packing, explore Copenhagen in a day, go back to Red Ginger for dinner, finish packing and leave the ship!
Since my last blog we've visited the famous port city of St. Malo, the historic village of Dinan, the French capital of Paris....and had a bit of a high seas drama. Not bad in a couple of days, eh?
It's a typical start to a European summer - one day hot, the next day wintry. It feels as though we are meandering through the seasons, but fortunately the changeable weather hasn't hampered our explorations of western France.....
Biarritz darling.....sounds posh, and it is, but that's where this second part of my blog live from Oceania Marina in Europe should have hailed from.......
I am writing this first of several blogs from my very nice Concierge Veranda stateroom on Oceania Marina (deck 10) as we cruise away from the Spanish port of Cadiz en route for Lisbon.......