October 5, 2024

BREST, FRANCE

Don't think I can count this as my first country visited on world cruise, because I never touched the ground!

This is route we took and my view of Brest all day!

Apparently, as we were sailing late last night, the Captain got word from the port agent, that the only available berth did not allow for passengers on and off the Ship. Sadly we had no other option, since we needed fuel and water and also need to stay ahead of Hurricane Kirk. It is extremely rare, for Hurricanes to make it up to Northern Europe. Hear now degraded to tropical storm but winds are still gusting. We played pickleball for hours today and the wind was crazy! Made play very fluid!

Above shows berths we wanted near Disney Dream and how close, but yet so far away, we landed. Au revoir Brest! 

TERNATE, INDONESIA

By Patricia Patrick • October 13, 2025
Ternate, Indonesia, which is both the name of the city and island, and is part of the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It is a port that sees maybe 3 Cruise ships a year. However, they really made an effort to show us the best of what they can offer. It's mainly a Muslim country, and we knew we had to dress discretely, but we knew little else. We didn't have our typical port talk prior, due to a technical issue with the AV equipment. Ben a fellow resident, organized an island tour, with about 8 stops, for 90 of us residents.

CEBU, PHILIPPINES

By Patricia Patrick • October 10, 2025
Cebu greeted our Ship with a big warm welcome, despite having just been rocked by a major Earthquake, days before our arrival. The Minister of Tourism arrived with a motorcade and she proceeded to chat with the residents and thank us, for all our support.

PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES

By Patricia Patrick • October 2, 2025
Today we were Cave explorers! We went to the one of UNESCO newly classified 7 NEW WONDERS OF NATURE - The Puerto Princesa Underground River.