TransAtlantic

Our 15 day crossing was uneventful, if you discount the rough seas, return to port just after we departed -- for health emergency disembarkation of a passenger -- and the helicopter basket medical evacuation in the Bay of Biscay, notorious for rough seas and hence not the best place to do this maneuver. The rough seas also meant a one day delay in Lisbon to allow the stormy weather to pass thus cancelling our stop in Bilbao.

An ambulance met us at every port to whisk yet another unfortunate passenger away! Well, it was a big boxy ship . ..

Turtles were never far from our mind - and there are two early season mid-May new nests outside our US condo but not like these --

So here's some of the sights along the way.

Ponta Delgada, Azores

Lisbon

take your pick toilet paper

bit of a tight fit in trams up and down Lisbon's hills

more modern in Zeebrugge

Good to see the crew practicing for a disaster

and to pass the time, basketry got a bit of attention and chat --  one completed and one underway. One lady asked to buy one and another for lessons - HA!

In Portland at the Castle:  Tudor game of 9 men's Morris - sort of a more complex tic-tac-toe game.

Upon departure, we had a ukulele band & gun sendoff - amidst all the 'gunk' of an industrial port!

Arriving Southampton