Category: 2025 Barcelona to MIami Transatlantic Cruise

Sunday, November 30, 2025 – First Sunday in Advent! First things first… CORRECTION… Morocco is NOT in the Horn of Africa. Thanks to my American-African friend, I’ve had a good geography lesson. The Horn of Africa is on the east side of the continent. We were on the northwest side….

Thursday, November 27, 2025 Happy Thanksgiving from Gibraltar! It was interesting to be in a Territory of the UK which touches Spain. We heard lots of languages but paid in Gibraltar Pounds which costs us more than Euros would. What can we say? Our port day was short today –…

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 The Norwegian Pearl passed the thin pass at Gilbralter last night (it was dark so it was a non-event for passengers,) taking us from the Mediteranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. We had been slowly moving south but as we rounded Spain, we headed a bit…

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 The ship was in port for another long, 12ish hour day. We didn’t have a scheduled excursion which meant we could, again, take our time getting up and around and off the ship. The weather is getting a bit warmer the further south we go but…

Monday, November 24, 2025 Our first port was Cartagena, Spain. We had a long day to visit and since we didn’t book an excursion, we took our time getting up and off the boat. The ship was docked near the city making it easy to walk into town. I read…