{"id":8906,"date":"2019-06-11T15:02:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T23:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2019-07-22T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:40:54","slug":"ceuta-spain-northern-tip-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/2019\/06\/11\/ceuta-spain-northern-tip-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceuta Spain &#8211; Northern tip of Africa &#8211; Holland America Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Every time I mention to someone that our cruise went to Africa, they ask if we visited Morocco or Casablanca. Nobody says, did you stop in Ceuta Spain? Well we did. Stepping off the ship&#8217;s walkway, I stepped onto the 3rd Continent I have ever visited, or lived in. To quote Sir Arthur John Gielgud who played the butler in the movie Arthur, &#8220;I&#8217;ll alert the media&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8949\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Orange yellow sunrise of Ceuta Spain\" width=\"939\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain1-2.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain1-2-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain1-2-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a gorgeous Orange Yellow sunrise as we pulled into port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8950\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain2.jpg\" alt=\"Control tower for the ships that dock in Ceuta Spain\" width=\"939\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain2.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain2-768x557.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Blue waters of the Atlantic surround the control for all the shipping in the port.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8951\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain3.jpg\" alt=\"Cruise ship docking area in Ceuta Spain\" width=\"939\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain3.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain3-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain3-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8952\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain4.jpg\" alt=\"The harbor and apartments by the water\" width=\"939\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain4.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain4-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain4-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8953\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain5.jpg\" alt=\"The Ceuta Spain fort\" width=\"939\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain5.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain5-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain5-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another city, another fort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8954\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain6.jpg\" alt=\"The pillars of Hercules in Ceuta Spain on the Northern tip of Africa\" width=\"939\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain6.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain6-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain6-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Pillars of Hercules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8955\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain7.jpg\" alt=\"The are McDonalds everywhere\" width=\"939\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain7.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain7-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain7-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You travel all the way to Africa, and yet there is a McDonalds there. Though it doesn&#8217;t seem to have a drive thru.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8956\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain8.jpg\" alt=\"The blue waters of the Atlantic ocean off Ceuta Spain\" width=\"939\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain8.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain8-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8957\" src=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain9.jpg\" alt=\"Church seen through palm trees in Ceuta Spaon\" width=\"939\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain9.jpg 939w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain9-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Ceuta-Spain9-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Another city, another church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time I mention to someone that our cruise went to Africa, they ask if we visited Morocco or Casablanca. Nobody says, did you stop in Ceuta Spain? Well we did. Stepping off the ship&#8217;s walkway, I stepped onto the 3rd Continent I have ever visited, or lived in. To quote Sir Arthur John Gielgud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[]},"categories":[2692,3],"tags":[2759,2798,51,2640,2564,2793],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8906"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8994,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions\/8994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksimonian.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}