After our busy day in Venice our next port of call was Split in Croatia. This was our last port of call on this cruise and was our first time in Split.
The first 4 days of our 7 sea days were eventful as Oceana had to pass through the narrow Bab El Mendeb Strait into the Red Sea and made an unscheduled port call at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia
Our last port was St Peter Port in Guernsey. There we visited an underground museum and had a great lunch. at Dix Neuf restaurant. The next day we docked early in Southampton.
Sapphire Princess docked at Le Verdon on the peninsular and we were taken to Soulac-sur-Mer. A beautiful French resort with miles of beautiful beaches. After leaving the peninsular we had a day at sea before reaching St Peter Port.
After a busy (and hot) day in Copenhagen we had a quiet sea day on our way to Helsinki. There we passed NATO warships in the Baltic including the USS Mount Whitney.
Our plan to visit the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was shared by hundreds of other visitors so instead we walked alongside the river till we reached the Old Town.
Our next port was Muscat in Oman. There we took in the sights in a taxi for a few hours. Then Oceana sailed the next day through dangerous waters towards Salalah
