The rumble of the Solaris‘ engines woke us at seven thirty this morning, as she moved out of her berth under the Dubrovnik bridge to head for Slano, a small village further up the coast. Captain Ante had warned us at dinner yesterday that we could expect rough seas, high winds and lots of rain,…
Got up around 8.30am to find the Bolette docked in Copenhagen, Denmark, in exactly the same place as we had been docked on Arcadia in December. It seemed strange to be back in Copenhagen again so soon (and indeed this is our fifth visit here) but there’s always plenty to see and do in Denmark’s…
Sweet dreams are made of this,Who am I to disagree?I’ve travelled the world and the seven seas… The Eurythmics During the night we had had to put our watches forward one hour in line with European time, so it meant an hour in bed lost. Therefore, when the alarm went off at 8.00am it was…
A life on the ocean wave,A home on the rolling deep,Where the scatter’d waters raveAnd the winds their revels keep. Henry Russell, 1838 Woke up several times in the night; if it wasn’t because I was rolling from side to side in bed it was because of the torrential rain that lashed our balcony, accompanied…
Today would see us spend nine full hours cruising non-stop in the Ionian, to ensure we reached Zakynthos (Zante) this afternoon as planned. The wind had dropped considerably from the strength that had prevented us leaving Nydri for the last three nights, but Skipper Yanni warned us we would still be in for a fairly…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
