And now back to our regularly scheduled program

Hello all, from sunny Lisbon.

I know your biggest questions are 1) Where have you been? and 2) Are you still alive?

Answering 2) first - Yes, we are very much alive. Several pounds heavier (why? that will be revealed in good time!), but safe and well.

In answer to question 1), I can only say we have been sailing on one of the seven seas, travelling over three thousand nautical miles of ocean blue. 

Literally all at sea, we found there was almost no wifi at all, and the rare times when service could be accessed, so many people tried to log on the system crashed. 

So we gave up even trying, trusting that you would patiently keep checking. 

Your patience has now been rewarded. 

So, we will put up posts, probably a few at a time to catch up. Don't be surprised if we jump around a bit from place to place. It's all part of the fun.