{"id":2859,"date":"2012-04-14T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T22:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2024-09-29T21:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:02:36","slug":"azura-day-16-17-bay-of-biscay-and-disembarkation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=2859","title":{"rendered":"Azura Day 16 &#038; 17: Bay of Biscay and Disembarkation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 46 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday 14th April<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weather: Dry and sunny<br \/>\nSea: Calm<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Final full day on board.\u00a0 A leisurely start to the day before dropping Callum off at Kids Club and headed back to the cabin to start to pack.\u00a0 It was a lovely sunny day and the Bay of Biscay was as flat as a pancake.\u00a0 We spotted another ship of our starboard side and on closer inspection, we were being overtaken by Oceana.\u00a0 She was heading back to Southampton and would be back in port the same day as us.\u00a0 Obviously the Captain was keen to lead the way!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2841\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2841\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-01-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oceana &#8230; overtaking Azura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was the talent competition today &#8230; and Callum and a couple of others wanted to tell jokes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2842 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-02-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the packing finished and Callum back up in Kids Clubs, Jon and I chilled in the Planet Bar, reading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-03-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-04-e1507121424765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2844\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-04-e1507121424765-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After kids club, we collected Callum and we completed the set of photos posing beside the statues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-06-e1507121439500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-06-e1507121439500-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-07-e1507121200462.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-14-07-e1507121200462-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around Azura<\/h2>\n<h3>Cabin E731<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our cabin for the 16 night cruise &#8230; last cabin on the starboard side on E Deck &#8211; immediately above the Prom Deck.\u00a0 It has a double width balcony which is completely under cover from the balconies on the deck above.<\/p>\n<p>[easy-image-collage id=2860]<\/p>\n<p>[easy-image-collage id=2862]<\/p>\n<p>[easy-image-collage id=2861]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Sunday 15th April<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Weather: Dry and sunny<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We awoke this morning and we were back in Southampton along with Oceana and Ventura. Overnight, the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of Titanic was marked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Breakfast down in the MDR, then we waited in the Glass House with our Black Disembarkation Cards &#8211; meaning we would be some of the last passengers to leave Azura.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2852\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-15-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2852\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenandjon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2012-Apr-15-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oceana and Ventura also back in port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We left the ship about 9.30am and headed to the car park.\u00a0 The queues to leave were 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