Home yesterday after a 12 night canaries and Morocco cruise from Southampton. Really really enjoyed it, Morocco was so interesting and the tour guide was so funny and informative, before we arrived there we felt a bit nervous because of things I'd read about the aggressive selling techniques but there was no need. A shame we left before the snake charmers turned up but we saw the fortune tellers getting ready in the square, it had been such a hot day the charmers don't turn up until the evening when it's cooler, and I don't blame them
Our other favourite port was Madeira, very chatty shop owners and lovely coffee and Portuguese custard tarts
we also did a wine tasting in a vineyard in Galicia Spain, of course we enjoyed it
and had a scenic drive around the beautiful coast. The remaining ports were in Lisbon, Lanzarote, Gran canaria and la Corunna, all very nice and the weather was good apart from thunder and lightening as we arrived in Madeira but I enjoyed watching it from the balcony.
The worst thing is I now have a mountain of washing waiting and it's bowing a gale and pouring with rain, maybe I won't be needing my summer clothes for a while so I'm in no hurry to tackle it but if anyone would like to volunteer I won't refuse
