Julie and Graham’s Fantastic Adventure

After another calm sailing overnight we reached the port of Gibraltar. Up bright and early we took a bus tour of the island town and to the top of the 'Rock'. Gibraltar is a small island and a slice of Britain stuck in between Spain and the Coast of North Africa. It is just a very large rock with a township crammed in with windy narrow roads. We were on a 20 seater bus (a large bus wouldn't get around the place) which took us up a very steep climb to the top. There we took in another set of caves (not as spectacular as the Caves of Drach) The highlight was seeing the number of monkeys at the top From there back to the ship in time for lunch (MORE FOOD) and set sail mid afternoon to Casablanca. Our trivia team was not ready to get together so Julie and I joined up with another. More Aussies (in fact there are quite a few on this trip). The team just missed out on a win and came in a creditable second (winning 3 Silversea points - wow 😅). After that, time to get ready for di...

The first leg of our cruise has us sailing from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca, Valencia, Cartagena, Malaga (overnight), Gibraltar, Casablanca, Tangier, Cadiz and finishing in Lisbon. Sea remains remarkably calm and warm weather (typically around 21-24 deg). So all is good. We arrived early into Palma de Mallorca. Mallorca is a Spanish island, rugged landscape and 'sun drenched'. We decided on a tour that took in the Caves of Drach. Passing through the city of Palma (Capital) our bus trip took us about 1hr to get to the Caves.  And the Caves were spectacular. From the Caves it was back to the ship. But first we were shuffled into a pearl shop to help out the locals by spending our money. Julie looked (and looked) but stayed strong and we walked away with our wallet still in tact 😁. Back onboard - but horror. We were too late for lunch so off we went to the pool deck and had a very nice meal (and drinks) alongside the pool. The afternoon found myself in the gym (weight is incre...