This morning we were due to drop anchor at 8.00am off the island of Heimaey, the largest and only inhabited island in the Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) archipelago, located about five miles off Iceland’s south coast. It was a new port of call for us, so we looked forward to exploring. We had to be up…
TREVOR’S BIRTHDAY We were awake nice and early this morning because of the extra hour in bed. Trevor opened his birthday cards and stood them up on the table, then we went up to The View for our breakfast. We had another pleasant sea day today, so we looked on the programme to see what…
Woke up this morning later than usual, around 8.30am. Looking out of our window, we could see grey clouds and grey ocean, and the movement of the Bolette was much more discernible. We got washed and dressed and headed up to The View self-service buffet for breakfast, but it seemed as if everyone had decided…
Today we woke up feeling a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Excitement because we were setting off on another cruise, and trepidation because we were sailing out of Liverpool and had booked to go there by train. In itself, we would normally view the train journey as part of the holiday, but yesterday there had…
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…
