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Sail Away, For Real This Time

Based on the media coverage, I’m pretty sure the entire world knows by now that we didn’t get very far with our sail-away on Monday. We ended up anchoring just outside Belfast. Something to do with paperwork glitches, unfinished clearance, yada, yada, yada. The rest of the world seemed more bothered by it than we were; most of us were just happy to be on board, instead of hanging out in hotels in Belfast.

But today, we are on the move, headed toward Brest, France. After the endless delays, the sail-away party was extra sweet!

Chaz, Basia, Alexander, Alicia, Joey, Paul, Kit, Miguel
Basia, Alicia, Benjamin, Bev

It’s a naval tradition to start off a voyage by smashing a bottle of champagne across the bow of the ship. Villa Vie CEO Mike did the honors.

Cheers! Photo credit: Bev
Photo credit: JR

Follow our path on:

Cruisemapper

Marine Traffic

18 responses to “Sail Away, For Real This Time”
  1. Sharon Lanza Avatar
    Sharon Lanza

    So happy for you!! Looks like a wonderful group to be sailing with 🥰

    1. They are! Should be an interesting 3 years.

  2. Basia K wearing Basia T concert city tshirt at bon voyage party…a subliminal and sublime choice.

    1. Isn’t it fabulous? The shirt says “London Warsaw New York” which I thought was absolutely perfect. Did you go to that concert with me, or am I remembering that wrong?

  3. Heartfelt

  4. Tina Boulton Avatar
    Tina Boulton

    I’ll be watching. It’s all real now.

  5. Jane Anne Davis Avatar
    Jane Anne Davis

    And NOW the planned adventure begins! Awaiting more photos, new Basia adventures and an enormous SMILE 🎉🎉🎉

    1. Coming right up!

  6. Sharon Breitenfeld Avatar
    Sharon Breitenfeld

    Hurray! Hurray! Awesome! Yes!!!!!!

    1. Yes, that’s exactly what everyone on board was saying!

  7. Stacy Neuberger Avatar
    Stacy Neuberger

    Congratulations!! I’m so happy for you that your patience has been rewarded, and I look forward to your posts about all the exciting places you’ll visit!!

    1. Patience was definitely needed for this adventure!

  8. Kris Bossard Avatar
    Kris Bossard

    I was watching the link you sent and wondered if it was broken when it stayed outside of Belfast. Now I’m excited to check again. Safe travels.

    1. Yeah, it seems that Belfast didn’t want to let go of us. But we finally got away!

  9. Alison Hilton Avatar
    Alison Hilton

    Bon voyage! 🛳️

    1. Thank you…so looking forward to it

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