Day 3 – No luggage !! We slept a little better last night than we had the first night, but we were still awake long before the alarm. Once again, I donned my Target jeans as well as my Target t-shirt, and put on my Target flip-flops. Then I went into the bathroom and washed…
Day 2 – No luggage!! As we expected, we were wide awake very early, ready to get up and wondering why it was still dark outside. The glowing numbers on the bedside clock told us it was only 3.00am!! After dozing off to sleep again, we were once again awake, this time at 4.30am. I…
It hardly seemed any time at all since we were last heading for an airport and far away, sunnier climes, so it was with a huge sense of déjà vu that we found ourselves, once again, on the road to Newcastle Airport. But before we had even left home, the trouble started. At approximately 9.00pm…
Sunday, 12 April 2026 We were now down to the last two days of our cruise, having left behind the islands of the Caribbean and started our voyage north again. We had thoroughly enjoyed our time ashore, back in these wonderful islands, and we are now determined that we won’t leave it another nine years…
Woke up this morning at 7.30 feeling quite sad, as this would be our last port of call this cruise, and we would then have two days at sea before returning to Miami. Going out on the balcony, we could see that we were already docked in Road Town, on the island of Tortola in…
We were up as usual at 7.30am, and we went out onto our balcony to see that the Queen Elizabeth was already docked in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. Sint Maarten/Saint Martin is an unusual island in that it is a nation “under two flags”, half-Dutch and half-French. We had only ever been to the Dutch side,…
Another pleasant relaxing sea day today, where we didn’t actually do much at all. 🙂 We arose at 7.30am and went out on the balcony to see what the weather was like. The sea was fairly calm and only a light wind was blowing, probably created by the movement of the ship. We decided to…
Ah… Barbados. One of my favourite islands in the Caribbean, and the one that we have visited the most. Today would be our ninth visit. 🙂 We didn’t have any excursion booked today; we know the island quite well so we had our day planned out already. Therefore, after an al fresco breakfast at the…
If someone asked you what do you think of when you hear the word “Caribbean”, there are several things that would come to mind. Sunshine, turquoise sea, white sand, reggae music and…. Rum. This morning the Queen Elizabeth was due to dock in Castries, St. Lucia, and Trevor went out on the balcony about 6.00am…
This morning, we were up at 7.30am as usual to find ourselves docked in the port of St. John’s, Antigua. We did not have an excursion booked until this afternoon, so we had the morning at our leisure. Antigua is usually a very busy port, with several large cruise ships in at a time, so…
