After an excellent night’s sleep, we were up at eight o’clock as usual, and we went straight to our window to see what the weather was like. The Edge was making her way slowly into the port of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, and we were excited to be here. Our organised excursion was not…
Got up at 8.00am as usual and rushed to the window, where the Edge was about to dock in Napier, on the north island of NZ. Like Picton, the first thing we saw was endless piles of sawn logs, all awaiting export for the paper and furniture industries. The weather was bright and sunny, blue…
Got up this morning at eight o’clock. We were not due to dock in Picton, on the south island of New Zealand, until 11.00am but we didn’t want to miss the sail in, as we were due to take the pilot on board and sail into the Marlborough Sounds from 8.30am onwards. Marlborough Sounds consists…
Woke up at eight o’clock – or should I say “woke up again” because I did not sleep at all well last night, if I managed to sleep at all. I was wide awake most of the night. At 1.30am I decided to get dressed and go up to the upper deck and have a…
Couldn’t sleep very well, so at 6.15am I decided to get up, go up on deck and watch the sunrise. I was looking forward to a bit of peace and tranquillity on the top deck, before the majority of other passengers woke up and made their presence felt. However, peace and tranquillity was the last…
I’m on the edgeThe edge, the edge, the edgeThe edge, the edge, the edgeI’m on the edge of gloryAnd I’m hangin’ on a moment with youI’m on the edge with you. Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga As our transfer to the cruise terminal was not due to arrive until 11.30am, we could enjoy a…
We hadn’t left the Crown Hotel until two o’clock this morning as we were still on British time, enjoying another couple of drinks. Returning to room 519 we got washed and changed and into our ‘jamas, and settled down to sleep. After waking up at 4.00am and again at 6.00am, I held on until ten…
SUNDAY, 10th MARCH 2024 Woke up at 7.15 this morning and looked out of the window to a dull and wet March day. However, the weather could do nothing to dampen our excitement, as today we were setting off on yet another fabulous holiday! Yes! Today we were due to fly out to Sydney, Australia,…
So that was it, really. Not a lot else to write about. This morning the Borealis was docked in Puerta Caldera, Costa Rica and from our balcony we could see an attractive small beach nearby, and little shops and other buildings. We got up at eight o’clock and got showered and dressed before making our…
Woke up this morning feeling quite sad that this was our last full day on the Borealis, and tomorrow afternoon we would be disembarking this lovely vessel and flying home. 🙁 Trevor had already left to walk his mile around the promenade deck, so I went out onto the balcony and just stood there, gazing…
