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…
