This was our 3rd cruise with RCCL. Checking in in Malaga was a dream. We left the hotel around 10:15 thinking that there would be a line up of cars and taxis a mile long at the port like it was always the case in the past. Our taxi did not even have to slow down. We were promptly taken care of and we were having a soup (how good after 5 days of tapas)in the Windjammer by 11:00.
It was our first transatlantic cruise and we enjoyed the trip even if so much blue seas gets to you after a while. In 6 days, we saw nothing but water. No other ships, not a light at night. I must admit that I was thinking of the 70 days crossing of Columbus and had a better understanding of how his men must have felt.
What attracted us on this trip was primarily the exotic destinations. Madeira. Wow ! Here is a beautiful piece of rock with houses going up to the clouds. Then Lanzarote and it's lunar landscape, and I mean literally lunar. No wonder Hollywood comes here to film the moon. Then the Canteras beach at Las Palmas of Grand Canaria. We were lucky enough to see a magnificent sculpture in the sand. Some people have real talents. And finishing the grand tour, Santa Cruz of Tenerife, with it's small but charming public market.