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Tag: Captain’s Cocktail Party

Sailing to Sicily

Posted on May 18, 2022May 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up at eight o’clock this morning, and went out on the balcony to see what the weather was like.  Although it was a blue sky and the sun was out, the brisk sea breeze made it colder than you would expect. We decided to have our breakfast in the self-service Windows Café and I…

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All About Abu Dhabi

Posted on January 3, 2018March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up several times in the night, still slightly out of sync with the new time zone.  At 5:45am the wailing of the imam from a nearby mosque, reading verses from the Qu’ran, woke me up, so I got up briefly to close the balcony door (which we’d left ajar during the night for some…

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San Cristobal Island

Posted on October 13, 2017March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Another early start; we were up at 7.00am as usual, and dressed, breakfasted and were ready to go by 7.50 for our Zodiac ride across to Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island.  San Cristobal is one of the few inhabited islands in the Galápagos, so we looked forward to visiting this small town, as well…

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North Sea to the Kiel Canal

Posted on August 15, 2017April 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We awoke this morning to a flat-calm North Sea with the sun tentatively peeping out from fluffy white cumulus clouds.  We were up at 8.00am, and off we went to the Ballindalloch restaurant for our breakfast.  As tonight is a formal evening, we found the usual bottles of cava next to the fruit juices, so…

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All At Sea

Posted on March 16, 2017April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Didn’t really sleep very well last night because of my cold.  So I was tired this morning and didn’t want to go up to breakfast, despite the fact that tonight will be the last formal night and the free fizz would be on offer.  🙂 Instead, I just took a leisurely shower and blow-dried my…

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Beach and Beer

Posted on March 3, 2017April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up early this morning as we were still on British time.  So we leapt out of bed around 6.45am and happily made our way up to the Grampian restaurant for breakfast.  As tonight would see the first of three Formal nights, we knew that there would be free Buck’s Fizz or prosecco/cava on offer…

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Lobster Tails and Cocktails

Posted on June 17, 2016June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

The slightly-increased motion of the Balmoral on the waves this morning showed that we were in the open sea once again; we could tell we were on our way home because of the grey skies and threatening rain. Nonetheless, we had a full day at sea to look forward to today as well as one more…

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Heading North

Posted on June 12, 2016April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After sleeping soundly we woke up and were shocked to see it was nearly 9.20am, much later than we usually get up.  A quick look out of the window showed us the sea was quite calm and the skies looked as if they were brightening up a bit. We dressed quickly and made our way…

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Streaks of Silver

Posted on February 20, 2016April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were awake just after 6:00am, as we were still on British time. I went out onto the balcony, where the air was already pleasantly warm, and watched the Adonia gliding along sedately in the turquoise water; she was not going very fast, maybe only nine or 10 knots. At around seven o’clock we gathered…

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Guernsey and Gladrags

Posted on May 4, 2015April 3, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After a good night’s sleep we were awoken at 7.30 this morning by the hydraulic whirring of the lifeboat davits outside our window, as the lifeboat was lowered to be used as one of the ship’s tenders, as the Queen Victoria had dropped anchor off the pretty town of St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Looking out,…

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