Not a lot to write about today, on what was the first of five full days at sea. We would just spend the day relaxing and exploring the ship. We were up just before eight o’clock this morning, having got over most of the jet-lag by now. We got washed and dressed and made our…
Because of the five-hour time difference between Lima and home, we were awake pretty early, around 6.30am. Our plan had been to go up to the rooftop pool and enjoy a refreshing, early morning swim in the sultry air, but we couldn’t find any hotel literature that gave the opening times of the pool. I…
The alarm shattered the silence this morning at 6.30am, and we lay in the darkness for a few minutes reflecting on the fact that we should have been well on the way to Lima by now. We got out of bed and I didn’t have to get dressed as I was already still dressed from…
Woke up this morning feeling a mixture of excitement, anticipation and a touch of anxiety. The reason? We were due to set off, once again, on our travels, and today would see a series of airports and flights as we journeyed on our way to Lima, Peru. Yes! We are ultimately going on a cruise…
Not a lot to write about today. I hate it when you wake up in your hotel room or ship cabin and realise that you are going home today. 🙁 We got up at 8.00am and got ready to go down for breakfast. The coach was not coming to collect us to take us to…
Got up at half-past seven this morning, so we had plenty of time to have some breakfast before our excursion at 9.00am. Looking out of our window, we were dismayed to see that it was raining. When we arrived at the dining room and went to the juice counter, we saw that there was a…
Got up at 7.30am after an excellent night’s sleep. We got washed and dressed and made our way to the hotel’s dining room for breakfast. There was quite an unusual array of foods for breakfast; as well as the usual bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, cereal and toast, there was also green salads, charcuterie, vegetables and…
When the alarm roused us from sleep this morning at 5.15am, we were momentarily confused that we were not in our own bed. Then it only took seconds to realise we were in the Russ Hill Hotel near Gatwick Airport, having travelled down from Durham last night. The reason we were here was because we…
Not a lot to write about today. We woke up in our lovely balcony cabin at eight o’clock and made our way up to the Avon restaurant for breakfast, enjoying bacon, egg, sausage and mushrooms washed down with orange juice and coffee. We didn’t have to be out of 9088 until 11.00am, so we had…
Woke up just before sunrise at 7.15, to an orange glow in a strangely-clouded sky. Decided it was worth a photo and got out of bed and went outside onto the balcony. Afterwards, I went back to bed and snatched another 45 minutes’ sleep before rising once again. The Balmoral was making her way into…
