Woke up at eight o’clock this morning in pleasant anticipation of the relaxing sea day we had ahead of us. But at the same time, it was not without a tinge of dismay that we realised we only had four more sleeps on board the good ship Bolette. 🙁 Going outside onto our massive balcony,…
Woke up this morning around eight o’clock, and went out onto our giant balcony to watch the Bolette manoevring into the port of the Nynäsham, Sweden, which would be our gateway to Stockholm. We had last visited Stockholm in 2002, on the Caronia, so we were excited to be back in this interesting and picturesque…
Got up at 8.30 this morning – it felt earlier as we were now two hours ahead of the UK in line with Finnish time. We were booked to go on a half-day tour of Helsinki and we had to assemble in the Neptune Lounge at 9.40am, giving us an hour to get ready and…
When we woke up this morning in our suite (!!) around eight o’clock it was with a smile on our faces as we anticipated the leisurely sea day ahead of us. Trevor went up to The View for his breakfast, but I decided to have a coffee and enjoy some of the fresh fruit in…
When we woke up at 7.30 this morning, the Bolette was already docked in Aarhus, Denmark. We had never been to this port before so we were looking forward to our half-day tour. Going out onto our gigantic balcony, we could see a cathedral with an interesting green roof and spire in the near distance. …
Sweet dreams are made of this,Who am I to disagree?I’ve travelled the world and the seven seas… The Eurythmics During the night we had had to put our watches forward one hour in line with European time, so it meant an hour in bed lost. Therefore, when the alarm went off at 8.00am it was…
Having not yet cruised in 2023 (!!), it was with great excitement that we woke up this morning to the happy knowledge that we would be joining the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines flagship Bolette later this morning in the Port of Tyne, for a wonderful 10 day cruise to the Nordic capital cities. 😊 We love…
Got up about 8.30 this morning and looked out of our balcony doors at a grey choppy sea and a grey cloudy sky. Didn’t think we would spend much time out on deck today! We had been looking forward to our visit to Belgium as we had planned to get the train from Zeebrugge to…
At some point during the night we had woken up to see that the Arcadia was on the move again, making her way back along the North Sea canal. It was a pity we weren’t in Amsterdam again today, but we had a nice relaxing day at sea to look forward to instead. 🙂 In…
BOXING DAY Starry, starry nightFlaming flowers that brightly blazeSwirling clouds in violet hazeReflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue ‘Vincent’ – Don McLean So we’d made it into Amsterdam; that was good. This is because, prior to leaving home, we’d purchased tickets online for entry into the Van Gogh museum at 3.30pm and we certainly…
