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Its been a long time since I had been in London, and this also marked the first part of my solo journey ashore. Must admit it was a bit...

So I left the ship in Barcelona, and took a chips tour of the city culminating at the airport. Handy that!! There was a bit of a queue of...

So we sailed through the straits of Gibraltar, on our amended itinerary. Many on board (including me) were very disappointed that this...

Probably the first disappointment of this trip. Casablanca was not what I expected at all. Could have been a poor choice of tour, but the...

Next stop the island of Tenerife. At least the weather had improved and it was lovely and warm. I took a tour with the ship - I had been...

After a few more sea days, we arrived in Namibia. I really didnt know what to expect here, and had a tour booked to a dutch town. We...

Two days in Cape Town started with crappy weather. Table Mountain? what table mountain??? It was also a tight squeeze into the port on a...

I haven't yet talked about the internal journey that this trip was intended to be. Parts are probably still too raw, and like my...

Just as well ship's life is agreeing with me - more rough weather and we spent the next few days goin up and down the coast, unable to...

So after the bobbing around we made an impromptu stop in Durban, South Africa. Unfortunately all the information provided by the ship was...

And so the adventure continued. The weather got warmer, but the wind kept blowing. My journal again show me trying to convince myself to...

the first two ports of call on this epic voyage were Adelaide and Freemantle. We had rough weather between the two and windy conditions...

So the journey began on a wet sail away. My panic attacks were having panic attacks about being solo, but in a complete 360 degree turn...

So instead of mourning at home, I decided to do all the travel we were going to do together. Probably not my most sensible decision, and...

Death and grief are crap, there is no doubt about it. In the beginning there are people around to keep you going, and kind words and...

Welcome. Being a widow sucks dogs balls. One day your planning a future together and the next day he ups and dies, right there on the...