Our World Cruise

Our first day at the port in Barcelona, we visited the coastal city of Sitges on the Mediterranean Coast. The old town is now a bustling tourist town visited for the 2 1/2 miles of sandy beaches. The 17th Century Church of San Bartomeu sits overlooking the city and forms one of the fortified walls. The view along the rocky coast as the city is on a peninsula. We then went to a chiringuito, a beach bar/restaurant, called Picnic to feast on tapas and sangria. Again, the weather was perfect.  Inspirational Barcelona was the highlight of this set of ports. This was the third time we visited this beautiful city and still haven't seen it all. We took the architectural walk which highlighted the works of Gaudi. We were not able to go into La Sagrada Familia but we noted how much more has been completed since we last saw it in 1993. I know there are many who say it is ugly and even sacrilegious but I think it is awesome. It is still not finished and they are having a goal of 30 years for i

 Wow, these were 4 busy days! Yes, we had long trips in Italy but with confusion on booking I did not get my trip to Nice and Matisse when we were in Monaco.  I was really upset by that but "it is what it is".  I did tell them that their system for booking has a major flaw in it and said it would be an easy fix in their database. The young man that is head of the Explorer's Desk agreed with me and told me who to talk to as they aren't listening to him. Poor guy has to listen to the irate passengers.   Not only was I stressed about that and being tired, we are having major problems with the computer. Jeff has overloaded it with pictures and, when I made the external drive I bought as the backup, he can edit pictures but not send them out to me for this or any posting.  First thing on Tuesday the 10th will be ordering a new computer. Looking at what we need so I only have to decide where to purchase it. That means I will only do the writing and when we get things settle