Wilson gets wet!

Just two more Sea Days and we shall be back in Blighty. Wilson isn't looking forward to the holiday being over, so he's making the most of the time he has left. 

I persuaded him to try the slide into the Children's Pool. As you know, he HATES water, but he grudgingly agreed to give it a try. He jumped straight out of the pool, but agreed that it hadn't been quite as bad as he'd feared.

Building on this success, I managed to cajole him into a jacuzzi! He said this was okay, but a bit too much like being in a bath. 

Still, you've got to try new things when you're on vacation, and he has — I'm very proud of him! 

He spent the rest of the day sunbathing on deck, appreciating the last of the warm weather and sunshine. 

A close shave with a bridge...

Wilson is fascinated by Lisbon's trams, and asked me to take his photo standing in front of one; unfortunately, we didn't have time to ride one, though.

Over a beer in a pavement café he asked if we couldn't move to Lisbon. Or Madeira. I said that Portuguese is a difficult language to learn and I didn't think I could cope, but he countered that he had heard even young children speaking it, so it couldn't be that hard! 

Maybe his view is coloured by this being our last stop before chilly, grey Southampton and home.

There was some excitement as we left Lisbon and passed under the famous Ponte 25 de Abril Bridge — I think the captain said there was a seven metres clearance between the top of the ship and the bottom of the bridge, but W was sure he'd said seven millimetres and was planning which way to run when we struck it!

Wilson loves it in Lisbon...

Lisbon is a truly beautiful city. 

Wilson went on a bus tour and then, not altogether trusting my photography to do it justice, bought some picture postcards of local views. 

He really loves it here, and I find it difficult to disagree…