Got up at seven o’clock and went out onto our spacious balcony, from where we were happy to report the weather was sunny and warm. If there was only one island visit where the weather absolutely had to be perfect, Santorini was it. 🙂 We went for our breakfast in the Avon restaurant once again…
When we got up this morning at 7.00am, we saw that we were docked in Piraeus, mainland Greece and gateway to Athens. It was still dark, but it looked so picturesque I had to take a photo. We had last been to Piraeus in 2022, to join the Azamara Pursuit for a fabulous 9-day Mediterranean…
Got up at eight o’clock this morning as we didn’t have any excursions booked, preferring instead to explore on our own. Going out on our balcony, we were disappointed to see that it was still cloudy, but at least it was dry. We went up one deck to the Spey restaurant for our breakfast. The…
We were awake just before the alarm went off at 7.15 this morning, despite the fact that we’d lost an hour in bed due to having to put our clocks forward to Greek time. Looking out of our large glass balcony doors, we could see by the wet decking that there had been showers of…
After an excellent night’s sleep on a calm sea, we got up at 7.30am and made our way down to the Ballindalloch Restaurant for breakfast. As it was a formal night, we knew there would be free fizz on offer at breakfast; a nice little quirk that Fred Olsen always offer their passengers whenever it’s…
It was with great excitement that we leapt out of bed at 6.45am. We had just over an hour to be washed and dressed and to pack the last bits and pieces into our suitcases, before we set off for the two-hours-forty-minutes drive to Manchester Airport. ☺ Yes! We were off on holiday again! This…
Got up at eight o’clock this morning with the heavy-hearted feeling that this was the last day of our cruise. We had a full day at sea today, and at some point we would have to start our packing. 🙁 Decided to go to the Britannia Restaurant for our breakfast, where I enjoyed a bowl…
Woke up this morning again to the dulcet tones of radio presenter Matt Bailey on Radio Newcastle’s breakfast show, as he gave us this morning’s cryptic clue to solve. As today is apparently International Potato Day, the answer to the clue was ‘Maris Piper’. It was therefore quite appropriate that we would be spending the…
We didn’t really do much today at all. We got up at 7.30am and went out onto the balcony to watch the progress of Queen Anne towards her anchorage in the Dublin Bay. I don’t know why the ship just didn’t dock in Dublin itself, as we have done on previous cruises. Maybe she is…
Oh, Mary, this London’s a wonderful sight,For the people are working by day and by night.They don’t sow potatoes nor barley nor wheat,But there’s gangs of them digging for gold in the street.At least when I asked them that’s what I was told,So I just took a hand in this digging for gold.But for all…
