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2017 Transatlantic cruise
October 23rd 2017 Our second port was Cartagena. The docks were right outside the old city walls and it was a short walk to the main square where the main feature is the Palace Hall (city hall.) We met with a tour guide who walked us through the narrow streets of the old city center to an active Roman archeological site where an archeologist took a break from his digging to explain to us what we were seeing. The ci
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