Merry Christmas from across the seven seas

Back in the Caribbean

Well were are back in the land of islands and beaches.

Today we were at one of my favorites, The Boatyard in Barbados.

It has all the things you want in a good beach spot.

Amazingly fine white sand, a good bar and restaurant, lots of stuff to do, and lot of fun people to hang out with.

I have been to the island around 10 times and I have been to that spot almost every time.

New Image for the blog

Thanks to Roy of http://roymarvelous.com for creating a image for me to go with my blog.

On Roy's site there are a lot of images he has created using mspaint including a few I have been burrowing to put on my blog as well.

Recently he has been making images to go with the other travel blogs he links to and this is the one he made for me.

Back on dry land

After 7 days at sea, we have finally arrived in the new world.

We were back in Florida for just one day, and it was busy as we had full crew immagration, and coast guard inspection. But both went smoothly, and I managed to get off the ship for a few hours.

Now we are off to the islands of the Caribbean.

But first another 2 days at sea, ugh.

Oh well, beaches and rum punch are in my future.

Image courtesy of roymarvelous.com

An unexpected stop in Gibraltar

Gibraltar was not a scheduled stop on our itinerary of the crossing, but there was a issue with the Portugal port.

But Gibraltar was a really cool port and I was happy for its inclusion.

The Rock of Gibraltar

Sailing away

Malaga, Spain

This was the second time I have been to Malaga.

The first time was 2 years ago, and I did a tour to a set of caves outside the city.

This time I did a city tour.

The old fort at the top of the city

View of the city from the fort.

Malaga Cathedral

Malta, the home port of the Constellation

Valletta, Malta is the home port of all the Celebrity ships.

Malta has a long history, and has been controlled by many different people, due to its very strategic spot in the middle of the Mediterranean.

The city of Valletta was built by the Knights of Malta, and its high walls surround the port.

Malta has two Cathedrals one in Valletta and the other in Mdina

Enjoying a Cisk, the local beer

Caesaria, Israel

I am going to try and go through some of my back-log of posts I have from the last couple of weeks. So the post will be short.

Caesaria was a town built by Harod the Great, around 25BC, and was also used as a crusader port.

A lot of remains of the city are still intact and in good shape.

The Hippodrome

The port walls, not entirely intact, but a lot of the foundation still remains.

The Aqueduct has a long stretch that is still intact.

The Theater

The Baha'i Gardens in Haifa.