Saturday, December 24, 2011

Aboard Regent Again

A Different View of Monaco

We boarded the Regent Seven Seas Mariner at Rome's port on November 22, headed for Ft. Lauderdale with stops in Monaco, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, and Funchal.  As always, Regent put its best foot forward with excellent food, friendly people, a Thanksgiving Day parade (no kidding), and plenty of wine.

In Port in Malaga, Spain

In Malaga, we wandered around town after visiting the local market, and found a way to walk back to the ship instead of taking the bus.  A lovely walk through the town's park and along the beach.
Also captured on the way back to the ship...the local beach patrol enjoying siesta.

We arrived in Ft. Lauderdale on December 4 and spent a few days in Stuart, Florida with our friends Steve and Angie before heading home on a fun-filled Southwest Airlines flight.  So far, the weather in Naperville this winter has been unusual.  Not much snow, and temperatures warmer than normal.  If it just holds up until we leave for the winter in Nice on January 1, we'll be happy!