Today was another long, leisurely day at sea. Once we leave the cold British shores for warmer climes, we tend to leave our balcony door propped open overnight, as I hate the artificial air-conditioning – it’s so drying for the skin. So it’s lovely to wake up in the morning to the “ssssshhhhhhhh” sounds of…
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Cadiz, Spain
This morning the Queen Elizabeth docked in Cadiz, a well-known port and city in south-western Spain. It was a warm day (22 degrees) but a brisk breeze blew in from the Atlantic, which made it feel fairly cool in the shade. As we had been to Cadiz before, 11 years ago, we decided against doing…
Welcome to Lisbon
Today was our 22nd wedding anniversary, so it was quite a treat to be spending it in Lisbon, the historic capital of Portugal. There is so much to see and do in Lisbon, and the beauty of it is that you can explore quite a large area of it on foot from the port, as everything…
Vigo – First Port of Call
This morning the Queen Elizabeth docked in her maiden port of call, Vigo in Spain. It is pronounced as vee-go, rather than Vigo, the town about seven miles away from us in Tyne & Wear called vy-go. We had been here once before, 11 years ago, so we were looking forward to exploring this beautiful…
All At Sea
After our first comfortable night on board Queen Elizabeth in which we both slept very well, our first day was spent, as is often the case, at sea en route to our first port of call, which would be Vigo in Spain. You will notice how may times I have said the word “first” but…
Long May She Reign!
At the first stroke of the alarm clock at 4.30am on Tuesday, 12 October 2010, we leapt out of bed… strange how it is so much more difficult a feat to accomplish at 6.30am on a working day 🙂 Our journey by coach to Southampton was, thankfully, uneventful; no traffic jams, no bad weather, no…
Almost here…
It is with great excitement that we are counting down the days to the arrival of Cunard’s new luxury cruise ship, the Queen Elizabeth, as we are among those lucky enough to have procured a place on her Maiden Voyage on 12 October 2010. The QE’s maiden voyage is the fastest-selling cruise ever in Cunard’s…
Blog on the Tyne
As cruising becomes more popular to the wider public, more British ports are finding themselves on the map as cruising ports of call. We all know about famous cruise ports such as Southampton and Liverpool, but in recent years the Port of Tyne has become well-known as a port of call and cruise embarkation point….