Sailing back with Mnemosyne

Sky Princess – Princess Cruises A travelogue of a cruise departing Southampton, docking at A Coruña, Bilbao, Bordeaux, and Cherbourg

A holiday. A voyage. A pilgrimage.

In Sailing Back with Mnemosyne, Gary Troia invites readers aboard the Sky Princess for a seven-night cruise through Europe’s Atlantic ports—from Southampton to A Coruña, Bilbao, Bordeaux, and Cherbourg. But this is no ordinary travel diary. It is a contemplative, often tender meditation on movement—geographical, emotional, and spiritual.

With his wife Marina and young daughter Aemelia (and Moshy, the beloved monkey-bear) by his side, Troia revisits not only places but memories and situations, both inner and outer, to measure how things have changed. His observations flow from humour to philosophy, from shipboard comforts to soul-deep reflections on memory, change, and why we really go away.

Both deeply personal and universally resonant, this travelogue becomes a floating sanctuary—an invitation to slow down, look inward, and sail toward something more enduring than destination.