Barcelona, Espana: It was rainy, cold and ugly yesterday in Cannes; today it is beautiful and warm in Barcelona, a Mediterranean port the DrsC call “Bark.” We've been here before, maybe twice. Changeability is the hallmark of autumn, as the weather dodges back and forth between the winter-that-is-to-come and the summer-that-is-past.
This repositioning cruise is scheduled somewhat later than in previous years, and the weather is a bigger gamble in late October than in late September. “Repositioning” is a term cruise lines use to describe the long, often trans-Atlantic or trans-Pacific, cruises which move the ship from where it spends the summer to where it spends the winter, or vice versa.
For example, both the Caribbean and the west coast of Mexico are winter cruising spots, so is anything south of the equator where the summer is our winter – South America, Tahiti or Australia/New Zealand. The Mediterranean, the Baltic, and Alaska are all summer cruising areas. Repositioning cruises move the ships from one area to the other, occur in spring and fall, and are favorites of long-time cruisers.
Tomorrow we spend the day at sea and day after tomorrow we will be in Lisbon, Portugal. We’ve not been to Lisbon; I hope for nice weather so we can see the city.
