Got up at eight o’clock, which actually felt like six because of the two-hour time difference. The sun was shining brightly through the gap we had left in our curtains. We hadn’t booked any excursions or other events because we wanted to spend the day exploring the immediate vicinity, and perhaps enjoy the hotel pool….
Woke up this morning at 7.30am with the pleasant realisation that I didn’t have to go to work today. The reason? We were heading off on another holiday! Not a cruise this time; rather, a land-based trip to Paphos, Cyprus. We should have been in the Philippines right now, but our trip was cancelled, due…
Woke up this morning feeling quite sad that this was the last day of our fantastic cruise. We would spend all of today crossing the North Sea on the way back to Rosyth, and a look at the Daily Times events programme told us that there was a full itinerary of activities for us today….
We were up at 7.30am, as we wanted to spend the morning in Copenhagen before the Balmoral set sail at midday. The weather was still bright and sunny, with a vivid blue, cloudless sky. As the Palms Café didn’t open until eight o’clock, we made our way instead to the Ballindalloch Restaurant for breakfast, and…
Got up this morning at 8.00am to see blue skies and fluffy white clouds out of our window, as well as a perfectly calm Baltic sea (or were we back in the North Sea now). I wasn’t sure.). As we were not due to dock in Copenhagen until one o’clock this afternoon, we had a…
As usual, we got up at eight o’clock and looked out of our large window to see what the weather was like. It looked to be a promising day. We watched the progress of the Balmoral into the port of Gdańsk, Poland. Whilst we had been to Poland before, to Kraków, in 2020, this was…
What a perfectly delightful day we had today! We woke up at 7.30am, as the Balmoral was slowly sailing into the port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. We had arrived in our 94th country. 🙂 We went up to the Palms Café and enjoyed some breakfast before going outside onto the rear decks. The weather was already…
After an excellent night’s sleep, we awoke this morning and looked out of the window to see what the weather was like. After the warmth and sunshine of yesterday, we were surprised to see grey skies and a grey, fairly lively-looking Baltic. The forecast said we could expect rain showers and possibly thunder later this…
How strange that we should be visiting Berlin today, the very day after England lost the Euro 2024 final… in Berlin. We wondered what the aftermath of the competition in Germany’s capital would be like. 🙂 We were up at 7.30pm to get washed and dressed and enjoy a good breakfast, as we had a…
As expected, it was very difficult for me to get out of my pit this morning, not only because of the late night, but because of one cocktail too many. I didn’t want to go up to breakfast, so Trevor made me a coffee in the cabin and went off to breakfast on his own,…
