We had a bit of a lie-in this morning before getting up, packing up all our stuff and going down to the Inn at the Forks dining room for an enormous Canadian breakfast. I really felt as though we wouldn’t want anything to eat for the rest of the day! Trevor and I have often…
We got up this morning raring to go for our second day on the tundra, and our final day in Churchill, as later on tonight we would be flying back to Winnipeg. After the usual hearty breakfast, we went back to Room 10 to pack up all our stuff and check out of the room….
We were up very early again this morning and, after another hot, substantial breakfast we assembled outside the Lazy Bear. It was still dark and there was a hard frost, coating everything in a frozen glitter. After a ride of about 20 minutes we arrived at the edge of the tundra. We could see a…
After a really good night’s sleep (the first one in days) we woke up early this morning and looked out of the window. It was still dark (it didn’t get light until 8.00am) and a glittering coat of frost covered the ground. A quick look at the TV showed us that the current temperature was…
As expected, we were awake bright and early – very early in fact as we were still on UK time. So I was out of bed before 6.00am and had the coffee percolator on whilst taking a long, hot shower. We had the morning to spend in Winnipeg as we were due to fly up…
Once again it was time to depart on yet another long-awaited holiday – not a cruise this time for a change! 🙂 Instead, we were flying out to Canada; ultimately to Churchill, Manitoba for an expedition onto the subarctic tundra in search of polar bears. Today would prove to be a long day, consisting of…
We woke up early this morning to a whiff of excitement in the air – we were anchored off Monte Carlo and today we were going to the Formula 1 Grand Prix! 🙂 All F1 races are full of money, glitz and glamour but the Monaco Grand Prix is known as the ‘jewel in the…
This morning we woke up early to find the Journey at anchor at the millionaires’ playground, St. Tropez, or Saint-Trop as the French nickname it. As usual, the weather was warm and sunny. We had not been to St-Trop before so we were looking forward to exploring this gorgeous piece of coastline. Once we’d disembarked the liberty…
We woke up early this morning to find ourselves at anchor off the picturesque fishing village of Portofino, Italy. We had been here once before 10 years ago, on the Marco Polo, so it was nice to be visiting again. After breakfast, we took the liberty boat for the 10 minute ride across. All the…
It’s holiday time again folks – this time a four-day mini-cruise around the French and Italian Riviera, ultimately finishing up at Monaco for the Formula 1 Grand Prix. 🙂 We set off at 4.00am to drive to Newcastle Airport for our flight down to Heathrow, then subsequently to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, the “millionaires’…
