Catalonia Princess

Welcome to WorldTour 2005-2006! My name is Maria and I will be your host for the next few months. I hope to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. I will now briefly outline our itinerary for the next few months. First stop will be ...

... another journey. This is a chance of a lifetime & I just couldn't say no. I sail away on Jan. 10th on the Pacific Princess, a smaller cruise ship with only 670 passengers. This is the first around the world cruise for Princess & we will be gone 102 days! ...

104 Nights Around the World

This will hopefully act as a real time log of our cruise around the Mediterranean.

Salou ...

Couple of photos of friends ...

... Gothic Quarter of Barcelona is the older part of Barcelona that was originally a Roman City and later the medieval city of Catalonia. Catalonia was a wealthy merchant and shipping region that was autonomous and had its own language even after the area was ...

... Terminal during our first cruise.  Today, the line up was us!  Show our passport, e-ticket, luggage, receive our Princess Card and within minutes, we were walking up the gangway to the ship.  But not before stopping for ...

Hi everybody!!  We have officially left Barcelona and are now onboard the Ruby Princess.  The boat left Barcelona around 7 pm and we went up on the top deck to watch Sailaway...and all the other ships leaving as well.   This morning we ...

... Cinderella,  Aurora..along with Alice in Wonderland who wandered down the line to entertain all the little girls dressed in their princess attire.  BE FOREWARNED IF YOU HAVE GIRLS,  they do sell some princess gear at these events and I saw ...

... repeating it), the city was in short supply of virgins, and soon were running low. Soon, the only one left was the Princess of Barcelona. Not wanting their beloved princess to get eaten, the Barcelonians called St. George to come, who bounded over with ...

... you get robbed". I laugh it off and walk into a throng of well-meaning young chaps (warranting the 'I told ya so" from Princess Cupcake) and next thing you know, there is a commotion about 5 feet away and a chase ensues. Some dude got pickpocketed and ...

... .  A great day for our visit to Montserrat, a Benedictine Monestary Complex which is home to the famed wood sculpture of Catalonia's patron saint, the Black Madonna of Montserrat.  The windy road up this mountain was full of hair pin turns and ...

... welcomed back with open arms. After a fine repast, Rick began the ritual of The Handing Out of the Tip Envelopes. On Princess, passengers are assessed a certain amount every day for the tip pool which takes care of the people you see (your waiters and ...