We awoke, refreshed from our nap and raring to go, and made our way to the saloon where we were to meet our English-speaking local guide for a walking tour of Split at five o’clock. While it was still cloudy, the rain had so far kept away, and we hoped it would continue that way….
When the alarm blasted our eardrums in the middle of the night – that is, 2.30am – I awoke with a start and it took a few minutes to realise we weren’t in our own bed at home. That is because we’d driven down to Gatwick Airport from Durham the day before, and were now…
When we woke up this morning, we were surprised to see that the Bolette was at anchor off land; a quick look at the MarineTraffic app showed that we were in Kristiansand. We couldn’t understand it – we were supposed to be at sea today. What was happening? About an hour later, the Bolette weighed…
Woke up quite late this morning, around 8.30am, to the sideways view of the Oslofjord gliding past our window. If you wanted to experience the scenic cruising along the fjord, you had to be up at seven o’clock but after our late night I was too tired. Nonetheless, I was still able to see some…
Got up around 8.30am to find the Bolette docked in Copenhagen, Denmark, in exactly the same place as we had been docked on Arcadia in December. It seemed strange to be back in Copenhagen again so soon (and indeed this is our fifth visit here) but there’s always plenty to see and do in Denmark’s…
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. …
