Last post...

Hi everyone!

This post is very special because it’s last time when  I’m writing to you.  I had really great time here and I hope I didn’t bore you.  I’m glad that I could tell you about the adventure of my life.  Maybe for someone it doesn’t matter , but for me it was the most amazing thing that could happened.

Now it’s time for some facts and numbers.  So, summarizing :
    on the sea I spent : 886h
    and in whole ports : 549h
    sailing in storm ( wind -more than 8 in Beaufort scale) : 37h

Whole together , the cruise took 2 months. These are places visited by me :
   Świnoujście
   Copenhagen
   Goteborg
   Stavanger
   Ostend
   La Coruna
   Cascais
   Albufeira
   Santa Crus de Tenerifa
   San Sebastian de la Gomera
   and finally Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

All goodbyes are hard, but it was much harder than I expected it to be. Friendships that I made on a ship, can be friendships for life. Whole this memories..whole the stories.. Everytime I’m thinking about it , it brings me a tear to the eye.

 

I’m only going to say , that I wish you to have an adventure of your life.

Last time - bye guys!
               

Last moments

Hello everyone !

I want to tell you that I will never forget my last moments on the open sea. Gran Canaria was our last port , what mean that adventure of my life is ending. But there was also good news – on this island we were going to spend five  days. I didn’t want to waste even a minute. 

We got there by the sunset, so we’ve got an evening to walk around a little. I was ready for beach, palms and all attractions like this, but I never thought it’ll be that beautiful there.  Time was passing by really fast and I didn’t even notice that three days was already behind me.

We had to pack our bags and clean the ship. One last time we put all hands on deck.  It took whole day and even if everybody was really tired it didn’t stop us from having great time. It waxs our last evening together. At the beginning of the cruise we were completely strangers, but at the end – we were family.

That’s all. Bye!

It was just like a movie..

Hello everyone!

Next step in my islands adventure was Tenerife. It’s one of the biggest islands in whole archipelago and what’s going whit it- one of the most beautiful as regards nature and climate.We got there in the evening and  we spent there another two days. The weather was still amazing as befits tropical countries. 

Tenerife associated with lots of nature for me.  We were on a day trip in outstanding National Park. As always it couldn’t go without surprises. When we were driving up volcano , our bus broke down. It didn’t stop us from having amazing time. View was breathtaking and everybody started to taking photos.

We left Tenerife and sailed straight to Gran Canaria. When we were again on the open sea we saw dolphins! I felt just like in a movie. 

 

Despite it , thought about going back home and ending of the forthcoming ending of adventure of my life was making me more and more sad.. Nothing lasts forever but I wanted it to.

I must go now. Till next time guys !

Captain, islands on the horizon!

Hi guys!

When finally on the horizon there were Canary Islands, mood in our group has changed. On the one hand we were happy that we finally reached our destination ,but on the other hand everybody became sad. We knew that soon our adventure is going to end. Despite it ,we wanted to do more with time that we had.

 

Before us there was still about a week on Canary Islands. First Island we visited La Gomera.  The capitol city- San Sebastian- was great. Completely different world- different climate, nature , buildings and even different people. We spent there 2 days, a bit short in my opinion, but it was enough for having fun. As always we went sightseeing and exploring new place. The weather was great for us.

 

 

In the evening we decided to organize some party in our marina. When the music was playing and we were dancing, some people we didn’t know, joined us and whole port was having fun together. It was unforgettable! With a bit sadness we left La Gomera behind.

Till next time!

Portugal again

Hello everyone!

It’s time for next part of my cruise. From Cascais we sailed straight to Albufeira, so we were still in Portugal. I fell in love with that country.

We were standing there only a few hours. It was a pity, because we didn’t have much time to walking around and going sightseeing.  Fortunately , I had a time to do some shopping , take pictures and, what was the best, swim in the ocean again.

Fryderyk Chopin’s next destination were Canary Islands.  Expected time on the sea was about week, but the wind wasn’t favorable to us. We weren’t almost moving, so our captain made the best possible decision.  We stopped off at anchor and spent whole day on swimming and sunbathing. Jumping from the ship to the ocean is one of my best memories from the cruise.  I regret that it didn’t last longer. Wish, I could do this again.

That’s all for now. Bye guys!