Because I had had a good nine hours’ sleep last night, I woke up bright and early and ready to go. At 6.30am we quickly got dressed and made our way up to Deck 10, where half a dozen or so early birds were power-striding around the track. The sun would not rise for another…
We had set the alarm to go off at 6.30am as we hoped to catch the tropical sunrise, but when we awoke and looked out of our window, we saw the large red ball of the newly-risen sun, which gave our cabin a warm orange glow. We had missed the actual sunrise by 10 minutes….
Not a lot to write about today, on what was the first of five full days at sea. We would just spend the day relaxing and exploring the ship. We were up just before eight o’clock this morning, having got over most of the jet-lag by now. We got washed and dressed and made our…
Because of the five-hour time difference between Lima and home, we were awake pretty early, around 6.30am. Our plan had been to go up to the rooftop pool and enjoy a refreshing, early morning swim in the sultry air, but we couldn’t find any hotel literature that gave the opening times of the pool. I…
The alarm shattered the silence this morning at 6.30am, and we lay in the darkness for a few minutes reflecting on the fact that we should have been well on the way to Lima by now. We got out of bed and I didn’t have to get dressed as I was already still dressed from…
Woke up this morning feeling a mixture of excitement, anticipation and a touch of anxiety. The reason? We were due to set off, once again, on our travels, and today would see a series of airports and flights as we journeyed on our way to Lima, Peru. Yes! We are ultimately going on a cruise…
Not a lot to write about today. We woke up in our lovely balcony cabin at eight o’clock and made our way up to the Avon restaurant for breakfast, enjoying bacon, egg, sausage and mushrooms washed down with orange juice and coffee. We didn’t have to be out of 9088 until 11.00am, so we had…
Woke up just before sunrise at 7.15, to an orange glow in a strangely-clouded sky. Decided it was worth a photo and got out of bed and went outside onto the balcony. Afterwards, I went back to bed and snatched another 45 minutes’ sleep before rising once again. The Balmoral was making her way into…
As we didn’t have any excursions booked today, it was around 8.00am when we got up this morning, shortly after the Balmoral docked in the port of Agios Nikolaos, Crete. We hadn’t visited this island before, so we looked forward to exploring, especially as it looked as if the weather was going to be warm…
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…
