We got up this morning about 8.00am, after being woken several times in the night by the motion of the Braemar on the Atlantic waves. When we looked out of our portholes, we noticed quite a large ocean swell, and there were plenty of white horses dancing on the waves. Every now and again we…
Month: March 2017
Let the Train take the Strain
It was with excitement and anticipation that we woke up early this morning, as today were going to take a ride on the famous St. Kitts Scenic Railway. Despite two previous visits to St. Kitts (in 2012 on the Ventura and last year on the Adonia) we had not yet experienced this delight, so we…
St. John’s, Antigua
We woke up at 7.10am to the usual euphoric feeling of being on holiday in the amazing sunny Caribbean on the good ship Braemar. Looking out of our portholes, we saw that we were just coming into the port of St. John’s, Antigua, where we’ve visited twice before; on the Arcadia in 2005 and last…
Rum Tasting in St. Lucia
We woke up this morning around 7.30am and looked out of our portholes to see that the Braemar was already docked up in Castries, its capital. Across the harbour we saw the massive, ugly-looking P & O ship Britannia; in fact it was moored up where we normally have been on previous visits to St….
Beach and Beer
Woke up early this morning as we were still on British time. So we leapt out of bed around 6.45am and happily made our way up to the Grampian restaurant for breakfast. As tonight would see the first of three Formal nights, we knew that there would be free Buck’s Fizz or prosecco/cava on offer…
Train to Travel Inn to Thomas Cook
When we woke up this morning we found we were not in our own bed. The reason? We’d travelled down last night on the train from Durham to Manchester Airport, where we’d spent the night in a very comfortable room at the Premier Travel Inn in order to be at the airport for our morning…