We sailed out of Dover at 8.15pm on Saturday 14th. The way the ship was moored,meant that we had to go out backwards.
The run from there down to Lisbon was excellent. The weather was very kind, in that there was no real wind, the sea was calm, and after we had rounded Ushant into the Bay of Biscay, the skies were blue.
Lisbon was warm and sunny. We did our own thing, getting up late, and leaving the ship around 1030 to walk to the local train station,about 15 minutes. The local train service along the coast is very good, and actually runs along the seaside to Cascais. It took about half an hour. After a stroll around in the sunshine, we bumped into some friends off the ship and had lunch with them before wandering down th coastal promenade towards Lisbon, as far as Estoril. It took us about 40 minutes, before catching the train back to the ship.
The ship left Lisbon at 6pm on 17th Feb, and cruised down the Portugese coast , turning for therun towards Gibraltar. We passed Gibraltar at 1.30pm on 18th, and are heading for Malta, due to arrive at 6am on Saturday