This was not my first visit to Lisbon, nor my first Lisbon Foodie Tour, but how can you not do a foodie tour in Lisbon. There is so much great food and history that one, nor even tour, would ever by enough.
This time I booked The 10 Tastings of Lisbon: Bairro Alto, Chiado & Baixa tour via WithLocals.com. Our guide for the afternoon was the amazing and lovely Sonia.
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It was beautiful morning for our arrival in Lisbon, clear skies and a great sunrise.
Unfortunately this would be my last morning on board the RSS Splendor and the end of my first Atlantic Crossing. Looking forward to doing another crossing soonish.
The Champagne Experience was scheduled for on our last day on board the RSS Splendor, and it was a tasting that I was looking forward to most of the cruise. As usual the tasting was conducted over lunch. This tasting is also an extra, cost me USD170, though, considering the Champagnes that we would be tasting, it was decent value.
Due to the number of people who wanted to attend the Champagne Experience it was moved from Pacific Rim to Compass Rose. Probably a better location for this sort of thing any way.
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After sailing away from Lanzarote it was time for this cruises RSS Splendor Crew Capers, and a martini.
Crew Capers is one of the shows I always try to see as it is the night when the Crew puts on a show.
The Crew have their version of a talent show to make it into the cast and then rehearse in their own time before putting on one show per cruise.
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Our penultimate port on our Atlantic Crossing was Lanzarote, Spain. Lanzarote is another of the Canary Islands and is known as a tourist destination as well as wine producer.
Lanzarote is the 4th largest island in the Canary Islands and is, apparently, the first island in the chain to have been settled. The island is covered in dormant volcanoes, the ash from their eruptions in the 1700’s covered a large portion of the island which now home to the vineyards that Lanzarote is famous for.
After two relaxing days at sea we arrived in Tenerife, Spain, which is the most populous island of the Canary Islands.
I had originally looked for a private tour in Tenerife, but could not find one that the numbers would work, so decided on one of the ship’s tours. My criteria included a bit of history, local food and, of course, some local wine.
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