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[cinnamon]

I thought she was great. Would have liked it to be longer.

 

 

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[Literary Lynne]

Thank you for all your wonderful posts and photos HGC. What a fabulous time you seem to be enjoying.

 

Lynne

[village77]

Thank you for the lovely photos. We loved the Royal Clipper but then we discovered Azamara.

[Grandma Cruising]

We had another relaxing day yesterday on Deck 11. No photos as we were at sea all day. We did book another cruise though! We’ve booked for the Lisbon to Rio TA in November 2019. We’ve never done a TA before and this one has a very southerly route and quite a lot of ports along the way.

The show last night was ‘Back to Broadway’ with the 4 singers and the band. I thought it was very good. I watched that while my DH watched the France v Belgium match in a very crowded Spirits bar.

Good news for the match tonight (England v Croatia). They’re putting the first half on in both the big screens in the Cabaret Lounge and on the Pool deck. The second half will be on the big screen on the Pool Deck only, because Meg Young (Assistant CD) is putting her show on in the Cabaret Lounge at 9:45pm.

 

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

We went ashore this morning by tender and then bought tickets for a boat trip to Cavtat - ticket desks are on your right as you get off the tender. It cost us €15 (100Kuna) each for the return trip. It took about 45 minutes each way. We really liked Cavtat. A very nice seaside town, with some very smart yachts moored there. There are lots of bars & restaurants along the front, then the old village climbs up the hill behind the harbour front.

 

We used an ATM in Cavtat to get some Kuna (minimum possible was 200) so we could treat ourselves to an ice-cream in one of the little bars. Croatian ice-creams are as nice as Italian gelatos.

 

Quest at anchor off Dubrovnik

 

View from Cavtat water-front.

 

Cavtat water-front

 

 

 

 

 

Sea-water swimming pool in Cavtat

 

 

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

When we got back to Dubrovnik we had a wander around the streets of the old town, which was very busy and very hot, before getting the tender back at about 2pm.

 

Dubrovnik harbour from the tender

 

 

Dubrovnik side street

 

Square in Dubrovnik

 

 

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[nordski]

Thanks for that suggestion re: side trip in Dubrovnik.

 

 

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[manc]

There is a local bus to Cavtat which is fun too and quicker. Some excellent restaurants

Not as busy as Dubrovnik and worth a visit.

[Mackdogmolly]

Great info! Will be There in August.

[DrivesLikeMario]

There is a local bus to Cavtat which is fun too and quicker. Some excellent restaurants

Not as busy as Dubrovnik and worth a visit.

 

Would you mind telling us some details like where you go to get that bus? Thanks!

[Grandma Cruising]

Last night we had an early dinner in Windows, where there was a lovely Spanish buffet - Paella, Black squid risotto, roast lamb, chicken & chorizo stew etc.

Then down to the Cabaret Lounge to watch the first half on the big screen in there.

 

At half time we all moved out onto the pool deck & deck 10, where seats were set out, along with the sun beds. There was also a great snack buffet with mini slides, samosas, sausage rolls & lots of other little delicacies, as well as desserts.

 

There was great consternation when the signal intermittently failed during the dying minutes of the game!

 

Of course, it was very disappointing when England lost in extra time. We could see red flares being set off over Dubrovnik when Croatia scored, and at the end of the game.

 

The ship’s anchor was raised just before the end of the game and we sailed away from the lights of Dubrovnik.

 

Thursday morning 11 July

We are currently going through St Anthony’s channel as we approach Sibenik. We plan to walk around the town, as it looks to be very historic, with lots to see.

 

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[excitedofharpenden]

Bad luck England, well done Croatia and all the best against France.

 

Phil

 

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

We moored at Sibenik after 8am this morning.

As we are moored up on the town’s waterfront, no shuttle buses are needed, so we set off to walk to the old town at about 10am. Unfortunately just as we left the gangplank a wasp flew into DH’s sandal, landing under his big toe & stinging it. I rushed back to the stateroom to get some ointment to relieve the pain, and eventually we set off again.

It was 10-15 minutes walk along the waterfront to the Cathedral of St James. It’s an interesting building with lovely carvings around the doors, and a roof that looks like a barrel.

 

 

Main altar

 

Side chapel

 

Beautiful carved roof of the Baptistry

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

From the cathedral we set of up the stepped streets into the old town to look for the St Laurence Monastery gardens.

 

We found some signposts and followed these, eventually arriving there. We walked past the entrance, as it just looks like a cafe. Once we realised we doubled back and went in. Once you get through the cafe there is a small garden, set out in 4 parterre sections, full of herbs and flowers. We were a little disappointed to learn that it is not an old garden belonging to a monastery, but is a very recently made garden, designed to look like a monastery garden. It was very pretty.

On the way up there we came across a grotto dedicated to the Madonna

 

 

 

 

 

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[BBMacLaird]

There was great consternation when the signal intermittently failed during the dying minutes of the game!

 

I just read this tidbit in my morning Sf Chronicle...

 

“YouTube TV had nationwide outages Wednesday — smack in the middle of the World Cup semifinal between Croatia and England. Variety reported that YouTube TV tweeted about the technical problem and acknowledged “the timing is horrible,” pointing users to Fox Sports apps and websites. Service was restored before the game ended.”

[Leo_On_Geo]

Hi Grandma,

I am curious if Christine Pedi was one of the 54 Below entertainers on your cruise. I was listening to her on Sirius XM "On Broadway" channel yesterday and she said she was currently sailing on the Azamara Quest. She said she was having a lovely time.

[excitedofharpenden]

Hi Grandma,

I am curious if Christine Pedi was one of the 54 Below entertainers on your cruise. I was listening to her on Sirius XM "On Broadway" channel yesterday and she said she was currently sailing on the Azamara Quest. She said she was having a lovely time.

Yes, she was. I thought she was very entertaining..

 

Phil

[excitedofharpenden]

I just read this tidbit in my morning Sf Chronicle...

 

“YouTube TV had nationwide outages Wednesday — smack in the middle of the World Cup semifinal between Croatia and England. Variety reported that YouTube TV tweeted about the technical problem and acknowledged “the timing is horrible,” pointing users to Fox Sports apps and websites. Service was restored before the game ended.”

It was because the the ship had to start it's maneuvers toward the end of the match as it went to extra time. The satellite signal started to break up because of it.

 

Phil

[Grandma Cruising]

It was because the the ship had to start it's maneuvers toward the end of the match as it went to extra time. The satellite signal started to break up because of it.

 

Phil

 

 

 

Yes, that’s exactly what happened.

 

 

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

Sibenik

After the Monastery Gardens we continued upwards to the Castle of St Michael. It was not far, but a lot of steps. It was well worth it for the view from up there. In the middle of the castle there is a lovely open air theatre where concerts are held.

 

 

 

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[Grandma Cruising]

Sibenik

We then wandered back through the narrow streets to the waterfront & then back to the ship.

We were amazed to see a lot of swans swimming in the sea along the waterfront, and coming up to boats to be fed.

 

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[upwarduk]

I use the Cruise Critic app and I’m on an iPad. On the app when you post you’ll see a little cross in a circle at the left hand side of the reply box, when you’re writing. If you click it, it expands and you’ll see at the bottom of the box and a little camera then a mountain in a box. If you click on the mountain it takes you to photos. You select the one you want & click ‘done’.

It will then ask you whether you want best, medium or small size. As CC will only take photos below 2000mps, I select small or medium.

 

 

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Could I just add that the C.C App will only allow you to upload 6 photos per post. If you have more to add, you need to start another post.

Loving your photos HGC, it’s raining in Yorkshire this morning!!:evilsmile:

[Literary Lynne]

Really enjoying following your journey and especially loving your photos. Great to see some places where we've never been to before and where only smaller ship, like Azamara, can reach. Have you had any good guest lecturers on board?

Lynne:)

[Grandma Cruising]

There is a cruise lecturer onboard,but we haven’t been to see him.

 

 

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[cinnamon]

The lecturer is Prof Craig Benjamin and he is brilliant. We heard him last week on Quest and thought him the best we’ve heard on any cruise.

 

 

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