Bleu de France

BDF, do not know how many returns I have on her. Ex Europa, Super star Aries and Holiday dream. She is really beauty. I always have a great time over there may be just becouse it was my first vessel on this company. First time I join her at Montigo bay Jamaica on December 2004.

BDF, vise neznam koliko puta sam bio na njoj. Bivsa Europa, Super star Aries i Holiday dream. Prekrasan brod. Uvijek mi je bilo lijepo na njoj mozda zato sto je to bio moj prvi brod na ovoj firmi. Prvi ukrcaj sam imao u Montigo Bay na Jamajci Prosinca 2004.

Ships superintendent, Dubravko Basic from Rijeka, Cr. Photo is done at Genova shipyard on the end of 2009. Dubo's roots are from Dalmatia, a very nice place Pirovac.
Tehnicki inspektor, Dubravko Basic iz Rijeke, Hr. Fotografija je uradjena na kraju 2009 godine u Brodogradilistu Genova. Dubovi korjeni potjecu iz Dalmacije, iz lijepog mjesta Zlosela danasnjeg Pirovca na moru.

On April 10th was second aniversary of Barba Ivo blog

Rudders of the Sovereign. Two Becker's flaps. Very the best rudders. With them you do not need stern thrusters. They can be used synchronized and split. Even better effect when you split them.

Soverenova kormila. Dvije Becker's klapne. Najbolja kormila. Sa njma ti ne treba krmeni potiskivac. Mogu se upotrebljavati sinhronizirano i odvojeno.Jos su korisniji ako se odvoje.

Before starting to talk about ships I would like to show you my boat. Wooden 6.35 m Pasara built 1963 at Old Zorzi shipyard in Sumartin on the island of Hvar. Register plate KO 2024. I love that boat.

Prije nego sto pocnem govoriti o brodovima htio bih vam pokazati svoju barku. Drvena Pasara 6.35 m izgradjena 1963 godine u Sumratinu na Hvaru brodogradiliste starog Zorzija. Oznake KO 2024. Volim tu barku.

M/V Blue de France, ex Holiday dream, Super star Aries and Happag Lloyd Europa. That was mine first vessel on Pullmantur cruises. Four times I was there on board.

Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, BV islands, Lesser and upper Antilles etc......

M/B Blue de France, bivsi Holiday dream, Super star Aries i Happag Lloyd Europa. Moj prvi brod sa Pullmantur cruises. Cetri ukrcaja na tom brodu. Meksiko, Grand Cayman, Britianski djevicanski otoci, Gornji i Donji Antili itd...

Nicolas Staff Captain and Little Niksa Safety officer. Lacation Spinnaker bar briefing after Pax drill. Niksa with a big smile always. Together since time of M/V Holiday dream 2005. Nice kiddo.
Nikolas Drugi kapetan i Niksa Casnik zastite. Lokacija Spinaker bar kratki sastanak po zavrsenoj vjezbi za putnike. Niksa uvijek sa srdacnim osmjehom. Zajedno od vremena na M/B Holiday dream 2005. Jako dobar mladic.

Early in the morning and Niksa did one small reminder of spectacular view.Just entering separation scheme at port of Naples. Sun is rising up behind Me and Vesuvius. Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri are next door.
Rano jutro i Niksa je napravio mali podsjetnik prekrasnog pogleda. Upravo ulazimo u ogranicenu zonu luke Napoli. Sunce se budi iza mene i Vezuva. Pompeji, Sorento i Kapri su vrata do.

March 20th 2010, arrival at Barcelona Spain. I got this photo. It was at the time while we were docking at Muelle Adosado Terminal B. Nice photo I wanted to share.

20 Ozujak, 2010 dolazak u Barcelonu Spanjolska. Dobio sam ovu sliku. To je bilo u vrijeme dok smo pristajali uz Muelle Adosdo B terminal. Lijepa slika koju sam pozelio podjeliti.

Chief Engineer with me on the pier upon arrival. With Argentinian Gerardo Shhoeller I was sailing together several times. On Holiday dream and again here on Sovereign. I wish to be skinny as him.

Upravitelj stroja i ja na doku nakon dolaska. Sa Argentincem Gerardo Schoeller sam plovio zajedno nekoliko puta. Na Holiday dream i ovdje na Sovereign. Volio bi biti mrsav kao on.

Hotel manager. My dear friend from Crikvenica - Miodrag Cakarevic. Always is busy so to take photo with you have to wait too. So who do not know Miodrag up to now??

Hotel manager. Dragi prijatelj iz Crikvenice - Miodrag Cakarevic. Uvik je zaposlen tako da moras cekat i za se slikat sa njim takodjer. I ko do sada ne poznaje nasega Miodraga??

Third mate. Checking position of the vessel while approaching Gibraltar Pilot station from west. Mate is from Croatia - Nike Pirka grandson little Stjepan Gracan.

Treci casnik palube. Provjerava poziciju broda dok se priblizavamo Pilotskoj stanici Gibraltar sa zapadne strane. Casnik palube je Hrvat - Nike Pirka unuk, mali Stjepan Gracan.

Corcovado. This pleasure is for my wife. Pity that she was not there with me. Certainly I will enjoy it much more.

Corcovado. Ovaj uzitak je za moju dragu suprugu. Steta sto ona nije bila tu. Naravno da bi u svemu uzivao puno vise.

Rio. Time of Carnival . Mess. Plenty of people on the streets. Hot. Has a excellent meal at Marious on Copacabana. All in all brilliant and unforgettable.

Rio. Vrijeme Karnevala. Nered. Ulice prepune ljudi. Vruce. Imao sam odlican rucak u Mariousa na Copacabani. Sve u svemu prekrasno i nezaboravno.

This time i am going to replace for a first time Captain Amadeu Jose Albuquerue from Portugal. He is starting his deserved holiday. Hope everything turn around fine for all of us. Wish him a good vacation.

Ovaj put idem zamjeniti po prvi puta kapetana Amadeu Jose Albuquerque iz Portugala. On ide na zasluzeni odmor. nadamo se da ce sv biti u najboljem redu za sve nas. Zelim mu dobar godisnji odmor.

This is how we do it. This is how it looks deck 11 with Brazilians. Party time all over and that's the way.....

Ovo je kako se to radi. Ovako izgleda paluba 11 sa Brazilcima. Zabava po cijelom brodu bez prekida tako se to.............

Departure Salvador. Our agent Four ships help me out to the ship. Behind is our another vessel with CVC charter, Zenith. Ready to sail for Buzios, Santos and Rio.

Partenca iz Salvadora. Nas agent iz Four ships me prebacio do broda. Iza se vidi nas drugi brod u charteru za CVC, Zenit. Spremni otploviti za Buzios, Santos i Rio.

Arrival at Rio de janeiro , Brazil. It as a painful long hull flight squeezed by the window. Hot very hot. Just left cold and snow.

Dolazak u Rio de janeiro, Brazil. Ubitacan i dug let prikljesten za prozor. Veoma vruce. Upravo sam ostavio hladnocu i snijeg.

Another beauty. Sovereign, Ex RCCL Sovereign of the seas. Just join at Salvador Brazil. Very big vessel. Photo was done at Villefranche and given to me by Capt Augusto dear friend of mine. She is big part of Cruise industry long time. So this is a wish come through.

Jos jedna ljepotica. Souveregn, bivsi RCCL Sovereign of the seas. Tek sam se ukrcao u Salvadoru Brazil. Vrlo veliki brod. Slika je napravljena u Villefranche i dao mi je Kap Augusto dragi prijatelj.Ona je velik dio povjesti putnickih brodova. Tako je ostvaren jos jedan moj lijepi san.

EMPRESS at Rodos. Mighty vessel. Cruising from Venice via, Dubrovnik, Rodos, Iraklion, Santorini, Mykonos, Athens, Bodrum, Kasadasi and Istanbul. I have a great time, with best crew and excellent passengers. You can not ask more than that.

EMPRESS u Rodosu. Mocni brod. Na proputovanju iz Venecije za Dubrovnik, Rodos, Mikonos, Santorini, Atena, Bodrum, Kusadasi i Istanbul. Bilo mi je prekrasno, sa najboljom posadom i odlicnim putnicima. Ne moze se traziti vise od toga.