Masquerade! Every face a different shade.Masquerade! Turn around, there’s another mask behind you. From ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ – Andrew Lloyd Webber Got up early this morning, hoping to catch the sunrise at 7.06am. The morning was cloudy and there were still patches of blue sky, and I did manage to get a moody…
We were up at eight o’clock once again, after an excellent night’s sleep. Going out onto the balcony to see what the weather was like, we saw that Queen Anne had company today – P&O’s Ventura was docked next to her. Getting washed and dressed, we made our way to the Artisans’ Foodhall for breakfast,…
I keep on hopingWe’ll eat cake by the ocean. DNCE – 2015 Woke up at 7.30am to find that the Queen Anne was getting ready to dock in the port of Funchal, Madeira. Regular readers of this blog will remember that we were here on the Borealis six months ago, for the memorable Fred Olsen…
When we woke up this morning, it was to clearer skies and calm seas, as the Queen Anne continued on her south-westerly course towards Funchal, Madeira, where we would arrive tomorrow. Eating our breakfast in the Artisans’ Foodhall as usual, we wandered out on deck and just strolled around, looking out to sea and seeing…
Got up this morning around 6.10am and went out on the balcony, hoping to catch the sunrise at 6.14. However, there was a lot of low cloud and fog, making it impossible to discern where the ocean ended and the sky started. Going back to bed and back to sleep, we rose at eight o’clock…
After an excellent night’s sleep, I was up just a few minutes after the sun this morning, and I went out onto the balcony and looked aft along the length of Queen Anne, getting a photo of the great golden ball in an orange sky crossed with jet vapour trails as we greeted the new…
It was an early start for us this morning, as we rose at 4.00am and got washed and dressed and enjoyed a light breakfast. This was because we were being picked up by a good friend at 4.55am and given a lift to Washington Services on the southbound side of the A1(M), ready to board…
The purple headed mountainsThe rivers running byThe sunset and the morningThat brightens up the sky All Things Bright and Beautiful – Cecil F. Alexander, 1848 Woke up at around 2.45am to use the loo and saw lights through the gap in our curtains; we were already docked in Sydney, back where we had started 11…
The seas are not there to separate the continents. They are there to connect them. Captain Costas Nestoroudis, on cruising Got up this morning as usual at eight o’clock, and went up to the Ocean View for breakfast. Going out on deck afterwards, the weather was mild but slightly windy. We would have to do…
Our visit to New Zealand may have been over, but we still had another two days at sea on which to enjoy the Celebrity Edge and all that she had to offer. Also, as we headed further north the weather should warm up a bit, so we looked forward to spending more time out on…
