Transoceanic Cruise

Transoceanic Cruise

 Transoceanic Cruise

November 2023



Brief Itinerary(work in progress - only thing I can guarantee is it will change)
(full detail itinerary following brief itinerary during Trip)

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Updated 9/12/23

Oct 28 Sat	Flight Boise to Denver (option #2)
Oct 29 Sun	Flight Boise to Denver (option #1)
Oct 29-31 Sun-Tue	Denver
Oct 31 - Nov 1 Tue - Wed	Flight Denver to Barcelona
Nov 1 - 2 Wed - Thu	Barcelona - Arc La Rambla Hotel
Nov 2 - 3 Thu-Fri	Ferry to Palma Mallorca
Nov 3 -8 Fri - Wed	Palma Mallorca - Samaritana Suites Hotel
Nov 8 Wed	Ferry to Barcelona
Nov 8 to 11 Wed  to Sat	Barcelona - Arc La Rambla Hotel (again)
Nov 11 to 26 Sat - Sun	Transoceanic Costa Cruise
Nov 11 Sat	Board Costa Cruise in Barcelona
Nov 12 Sun	Day at Sea - a day to relax
Nov 13 Mon	Cadiz, Spain
Nov 14 Tue	Day at Sea - Bill relaxing - again :-)
Nov 15 Wed	Sant Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Nov 16 - 21 Thu - Tue	Days at Sea - Bill Really Relaxing
Nov 22 Wed	Recife, Brazil
Nov 23 Thu	Salvador, Brazil
Nov 24 Fri	IIheus, Brazil
Nov 25 Sat	Day at Sea
Nov 26 Sun	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Disembark Cruise
Nov 26 - Dec 1 Sun - Fri	Rio de Janeiro - Orla Copacabana Hotel
Dec 1 - 2 Fri - Sat	Flight Home
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Full Detail Itinerary by Day

Day #0	Oct 29 Sat	Flight to Denver (option #2)
Day #1	Oct 29 Sunday	Flight to Denver (option #1)
Day #1-3	Oct 29 - 31 Sun-Tue	Denver - with Brother-in-Law (Mike) & Sister-in-Law (Debbie) in the mountains above Conifer, CO.  I will be going from close to 9000 feet to sea level in Mallorca in just a few days.
Day #4 -5	Nov 1 - 2 Wed-Thu	Flight to Barcelona, staying at the Arc La Rambla Hotel, on La Rambla La Rambla (not my Photo, will replace when I am there) La Rambla: main shopping/tourism/central Area in Barcelona. For 2 days, normally book a day or 2 when arriving when traveling just to relax and adjust to the time zone, with no plans.  I went central so I can just step out the door and look around & return when I want for a rest.
Day #5	Nov 2 Thu	Ferry Barcelona to Palma, Mallorca
Day #6-11	Nov 3-8 Fri-Wed	Palma Mallorca - Samaritana Suites Hotel
Day #11	Nov 8 Wed	Ferry Palma, Mallorca to Barcelona When I made this reservations I made them from Alcudia (a town on the other side of Mallorca, so many miles away) to Barcelona.  As I looked closer I also made them for the wrong day.  I seem to still be practicing the whole travel planning thing: 😂
Day #11-14	Nov 8-11 Weekday Wed-Sat	Barcelona staying at the Arc La Rambla Hotel, again on La Rambla again.
Day #14-29	Nov 11-26 Sat-Sun	Transoceanic Costa Cruise Costa Cruises offer a Cruising Solo option You can get the 16 day cruise for less than $1000, but I upgraded to a balcony, still a fantastic deal and a full size cabin all to myself -  for around $2000 - what a deal for 16 days! Costa Favolosa (not my Photo, I will get a photo myself on the cruise)
Day #14	Nov 11 Sat	Board the Costa Cruise in Barcelona Spain
Day #15	Nov 12 Sun	Day at Sea - this will be great to have a day just to relax and lounge.
Day #16	Nov 13 Mon	Port Cadiz, Spain Looking at shore excursions
Day #17	Nov 14 Tue	Day at Sea - Relaxing
Day #18	Nov 15 Wed	Sant Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands Again not my photo - I will post my photos here when I am there.
Day #19-24	Nov 16-21 Thu-Tue	Days at Sea This is one reason I booked this cruise.  Kind of like my relaxing St Maartin trip last winter, with lots of relaxing beach days - this is just lots of Pool days instead of Beach days.  I talked with a ski patrol friend that did a Transoceanic crossing and they said the days at sea were great, sleeping in, nothing to have to go do, lots of relaxing time - it sounded really nice.
Day #25	Nov 22 Wed	Recife, Brazil
Day #26	Nov 23 Thu	Salvador, Brazil
Day #27	Nov 24 Fri	Ilheus, Brazil
Day #28	Nov 25 Sat	Day at Sea - this is great, a nice relaxing day before Rio
Day #29	Nov 26 Sun	Disembark Cruise - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Nov 26 - Dec 1 Sun - Fri

Rio - Orla Copacabana Hotel on Copacabana beach right beside Ipanema Beach - Song: Girl from Ipanema (YouTube)

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Dec 1 - 2 Fri-Sat

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