Got up at 7.30am after an excellent night’s sleep. We got washed and dressed and made our way to the hotel’s dining room for breakfast. There was quite an unusual array of foods for breakfast; as well as the usual bacon, eggs, sausage, beans, cereal and toast, there was also green salads, charcuterie, vegetables and…
When the alarm roused us from sleep this morning at 5.15am, we were momentarily confused that we were not in our own bed. Then it only took seconds to realise we were in the Russ Hill Hotel near Gatwick Airport, having travelled down from Durham last night. The reason we were here was because we…
Not a lot to write about today. We woke up in our lovely balcony cabin at eight o’clock and made our way up to the Avon restaurant for breakfast, enjoying bacon, egg, sausage and mushrooms washed down with orange juice and coffee. We didn’t have to be out of 9088 until 11.00am, so we had…
Woke up just before sunrise at 7.15, to an orange glow in a strangely-clouded sky. Decided it was worth a photo and got out of bed and went outside onto the balcony. Afterwards, I went back to bed and snatched another 45 minutes’ sleep before rising once again. The Balmoral was making her way into…
As we didn’t have any excursions booked today, it was around 8.00am when we got up this morning, shortly after the Balmoral docked in the port of Agios Nikolaos, Crete. We hadn’t visited this island before, so we looked forward to exploring, especially as it looked as if the weather was going to be warm…
Got up at seven o’clock and went out onto our spacious balcony, from where we were happy to report the weather was sunny and warm. If there was only one island visit where the weather absolutely had to be perfect, Santorini was it. 🙂 We went for our breakfast in the Avon restaurant once again…
When we got up this morning at 7.00am, we saw that we were docked in Piraeus, mainland Greece and gateway to Athens. It was still dark, but it looked so picturesque I had to take a photo. We had last been to Piraeus in 2022, to join the Azamara Pursuit for a fabulous 9-day Mediterranean…
Got up at eight o’clock this morning as we didn’t have any excursions booked, preferring instead to explore on our own. Going out on our balcony, we were disappointed to see that it was still cloudy, but at least it was dry. We went up one deck to the Spey restaurant for our breakfast. The…
We were awake just before the alarm went off at 7.15 this morning, despite the fact that we’d lost an hour in bed due to having to put our clocks forward to Greek time. Looking out of our large glass balcony doors, we could see by the wet decking that there had been showers of…
After an excellent night’s sleep on a calm sea, we got up at 7.30am and made our way down to the Ballindalloch Restaurant for breakfast. As it was a formal night, we knew there would be free fizz on offer at breakfast; a nice little quirk that Fred Olsen always offer their passengers whenever it’s…
