Fado Singer

On Orion

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April 25th 2016
Since I haven’t been on a cruise since 1968 (SS Rotterdam, NY to Rotterdam, Heineken 5 cents), I wasn’t sure what to expect and I still am not sure. We scoped out the other passengers. They are mostly our age, really old, maybe older. But our cabin is really nice. We put everything away. Fran’s being a good sport and soon, we’ll leave the dock. In the meantime, we’ve had lifeboat dril ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more