Another long, leisurely sea day today as the Boudicca just glided along placidly in the warm turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean; it was great to wake up this morning on the last day of 2018, and look forward to just doing what we wanted, when we wanted. 😊 What we wanted to do first,…
OUR “30th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY” 🙂 We got up about 8.00am and went out onto our balcony, where it was already a very fine day, although there had once again been showers of rain overnight. We went along to the Tintagel Restaurant for breakfast, then decided to go an do a few laps around the deck, just…
We had to get up early this morning, at 6.15, in order to participate in our half-day excursion. In any case, tonight was the first of the formal evenings, so we knew (from experience) that there would be Buck’s Fizz available in the restaurant to imbibe with our breakfast. 😊 In the Tintagel restaurant I…
It was a struggle to get out of bed this morning due to the 4-hour time difference (it felt like 3.45am) but we nevertheless got up and went out on our balcony, which was already very hot and sultry after the coolness of our air-conditioned room. The deck was wet in places, however, so there…
On disembarking the aircraft, if we’d thought our destination was minutes away, we had another think coming. We may have arrived in Mauritius but, as it would turn out, we still had a long time to go until we boarded the Boudicca. What can I say? Here we all were; tired, dishevelled and disgruntled, impatiently…
Christmas 2018 was unusual in our house; instead of all the excitement and bustle and planning involved with the season of goodwill, we were immersed in the excitement and bustle and planning of another epic cruise, flying out from Manchester Airport tonight, Boxing Day. 😊 Yes! We will be jetting off to sunnier climes for…
Ask any well-cruised persons if they’ve ever been to Naples, and the chances are they’ll say that the ship docked in Naples, while they went on to visit Pompeii or Capri or the Herculaneum. Few will say that they explored Naples itself. For that reason, when we found ourselves docked in Napoli (to give it…
Got up this morning just after eight o’clock as usual, and went out on our balcony for a look around. As expected, we could see miles of blue sea, with one or two ships passing as distant entities on the horizon. The sea didn’t look as calm as it had been, there were tiny cresting…
While we were still asleep this morning, the Queen Victoria boarded her pilot and was navigated through the winding Bay of Kotor, before being manoeuvred alongside her berth. The Bay of Kotor is approximately 28 kilometres long and only 340 metres wide at its narrowest point. Many people who have sailed into the bay liken it…
The weather was bright and fine when we looked out on our balcony this morning; hopefully there’d be no more rain for the remainder of our cruise. The Queen Victoria had recently docked in the port of Dubrovnik. We’d last been here in 2003 on the Norwegian Crown, so were happy to be back in this magical walled…
