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10/11/25 Bilbao Spain

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Guggenheim Museum… The museum that brought Bilbao to the world stage

Modern art exhibition… We love Richard Serra’s work

A very delicious 3 courses prix fix lunch at the old quarter, that includes a bottle of Rioja… ..we ate and drink them all

Bilbao Spain has a river that runs through it…… Many beautiful bridges, buildings and museums….. They said it’s the biggest city in Northern Spain’s Basque country…

This is a very charming port of call！！

10/10/25 sea day sailing from Le Havre France to Bilbao Spain

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10/9/25 Le Havre, Honfleur France

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Yes, we are back in Le Havre, and we decided to be on our own, no excursions and check out Honfleur (Monet’s base) and Le Havre itself

Le vieux-bassin the old harbor of honfleur that inspires many paintings… It is indeed tre tre breath taking

We eat our meals around vieux bassin in order to better soak in the view

Honfleur was spared during WWII ‘s bombing and it kept its old charm

After 5 hours of combing the beautiful streets of Honfleur, we headed back to Le Havre….known for its UNESCO World Heritage-listed city center, which was rebuilt in a modernist style by Auguste Perret after being destroyed in World War II.

The beautiful and nicely curated MUMA museum with its extensive impressionist collection

10/8/25 Southampton England, divide and conquer

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We are back to Southampton again, and starting the second leg of the voyage which is crossing the Atlantic!!

Since we can’t agree on where to go in Southampton, we decided to divide and conquer…. I will go to Stonehenge and P will go to Winchester

Arriving Southampton early in the morning while the moon is still up

Passed through new forest park and it’s gorgeous and idyllic

Neighboring environment around Stonehenge where they need to shuttle us in from car park…. Also quite a few camper trucks parked right on the unpaved road beside Stonehenge…. What a wonderful place to camp

Our fabulous guide Ted, explaining Stonehenge using a children’s pop up book

The ambiance around the Stonehenge is unbelievably serene and calm

Now below is the Winchester part reported from P with much better pics

The beautiful medieval town of Winchester

… A city that feel like Bruges but prettier

The beautiful stainless windows of Winchester cathedral

Winchester Cathedral… Many movies and tvs were shot here

… And Jane Austen was buried here…. Thanks for Mr. Darcy Jane 🙏🙏

Celebrating the successful divide and conquer plan back in our stateroom

10/7/25 Le Havre Normandy France

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Because of the route change we will do Le Havre twice…. This first time, we will take a 3 hour tour bus ride to check out Mont Saint-Michel, a UNESCO world heritage site

A tidal island and mainland commune set in a serene setting surrounded by low tide beaches, grazing sheeps and corn fields

Beautiful delicately design stained glass windows

Checked out it’s local delicacies gallette in the medieval village at the foot hill of the commune

10/6/25

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Sea day..and its mid autumn festival…. We weren’t able to get a Pic of the moon over the ocean but here’s a Pic of the setting sun over the ocean

A tour to the galley /kitchen where the crews serenade us

10/5/25 Cobh/Cork, Ireland

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The port of Cobh also had a Titanic connection.. It was the last port where it stops and picked up 123 passengers before their ill fated voyage

Finally!! The sun is out after MIA for couple of days

Caught a train from Cobh to Cork city which is about 30 mins away

Have sukiyaki for lunch…. Because, why not?!…. And its mid autumn festival tomorrow 🙌🙌

Train back to the seaside town of Cobh….

These colorful Deck of card houses are iconic here

Snapshots of this beautiful seaside town

Ending the journey with Guinness…. This pub has 100 % Irish pub vibe complete with live music…. We walked back to the ship with with them serenading us with U2’s One 🙌🙌

10/4/25 sea day

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Because of storm Amy, our itinerary was in havoc…. But we don’t care, we already make the special trip to Edinburgh which we will miss if we did nothing…. Cheers to that….. So now we can relax, enjoy the sea day, do special dinning crab shack and captain’s circle… We will also enjoy one day of internet fasting…. So goodbye for now!!