SUNRISE: 09:47 SUNSET: 16:16 We awoke at eight o’clock as usual this mornng, and I called the Atlantis Spa to see if I could get a appointment to have my hair put up tonight; they managed to get me in at 3.00pm. We then got washed and dressed before making our way, as usual, to…
SUNRISE: 10:02 SUNSET: 15:16 When we got up at eight o’clock this morning, a quick look out of our portholes told us that Balmoral was already docked in Ålesund. We had visited this picturesque port a couple of times before, the last time being in February 2022 on the Borealis. We were happy to be…
All is quiet on New Year’s Day.A world in white gets underway. New Year’s Day – U2 SUNRISE: 09:59 SUNSET: 14:45 We got up at 8.00am as usual, suprisingly clear-headed after all our freebie glasses of fizz yesterday! Maybe it was because we’d spread it out over the whole day, and accompanied most of it…
SUNRISE: 10:43 SUNSET: 13:23 Woke up on the last day of 2024 at eight o’clock as usual, and got washed and dressed before going up to the Thistle Restaurant for our breakfast. As tonight would be Formal Night, the usual bottles of gratis cava were sitting next to the fruit juices so we could make…
SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None Another very pleasant sea day again today, in which we participated in a packed programme of activities and fun, as the Balmoral headed south again. We got up at 8.00am (in the dark!) as usual, and went up to the Thistle Restaurant for our breakfasts. I enjoyed crispy bacon, sausage, tinned…
SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None We were awoken this morning, around 7.45am, by the clanking, banging, rattling and changes in engine sounds of the Balmoral manoevring herself into port this morning, in Ålta, which is in the Finnmark region of Norway. At 70°N and only 1200 nautical miles from the North Pole, it would be the…
SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None After an excellent night’s sleep, we got up as usual at eight o’clock and went up to the Thistle Restaurant for our breakfast. Afterwards, we ventured outside onto the rear decks; we were pleased to see it wasn’t actually raining, although there was a lot of low cloud and it was…
SUNRISE: None SUNSET: None We arose at 8.00am as usual this morning, filled with a sense of excitement and anticipation of our arrival into Tromsø this afternoon. It would be our fifth visit to this magnificent city; we’ve been twice in summer and this would be our third time in winter. I would say Tromsø…
SUNRISE: 10:45 SUNSET: 13:29 Another full and fun-filled day today. We got up at the usual time; it was still dark as it would be nearly three hours before sunrise. We were due to arrive in the port of Mo I Rana, Norway, around 10 o’clock this morning and we were booked to do an…
SUNRISE: 10:09 SUNSET: 14:33 What a lovely day we had today; there was so much friendliness and fun. 🙂 We got up, as usual, at 8.00am and looked out of our portholes into the darkness. There was a bit of a drizzle, but the sea was fairly calm and the temperature, at 9°C, was amazingly…
