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Making our way to Mull

Posted on July 4, 2023July 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

A combination of late nights, too many cocktails (or quite possibly both) meant I didn’t get out of my pit until 8.40am.  Even then, I didn’t go up to breakfast, I just had a cup of coffee in the cabin while getting ready, and Trevor brought me back a muffin and an orange from the…

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A Relaxing Day at Sea

Posted on July 1, 2023July 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

1st July.  Wow – were we into the second half of 2023 already?!  This year is certainly flying.  We woke up early this morning, 7.20am in fact.  This is because I had a session of “Pure Bliss” booked in the Green Sea Spa at eight o’clock.  This was an hour-long massage session, consisting of a…

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It’s Better on Bolette

Posted on April 20, 2023May 3, 2023 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning, we were surprised to see that the Bolette was at anchor off land; a quick look at the MarineTraffic app showed that we were in Kristiansand. We couldn’t understand it – we were supposed to be at sea today. What was happening? About an hour later, the Bolette weighed…

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Destination Denmark

Posted on April 17, 2023April 28, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Woke up at eight o’clock this morning in pleasant anticipation of the relaxing sea day we had ahead of us. But at the same time, it was not without a tinge of dismay that we realised we only had four more sleeps on board the good ship Bolette. 🙁 Going outside onto our massive balcony,…

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Classical and Rock

Posted on April 15, 2023April 23, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Got up at 8.30 this morning – it felt earlier as we were now two hours ahead of the UK in line with Finnish time. We were booked to go on a half-day tour of Helsinki and we had to assemble in the Neptune Lounge at 9.40am, giving us an hour to get ready and…

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Cruising the Baltic

Posted on April 14, 2023April 22, 2023 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning in our suite (!!) around eight o’clock it was with a smile on our faces as we anticipated the leisurely sea day ahead of us. Trevor went up to The View for his breakfast, but I decided to have a coffee and enjoy some of the fresh fruit in…

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“Suite” Dreams

Posted on April 12, 2023April 21, 2023 by bollingerbabe

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…

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Newcastle to the Nordic Capitals

Posted on April 11, 2023July 9, 2023 by bollingerbabe

Having not yet cruised in 2023 (!!), it was with great excitement that we woke up this morning to the happy knowledge that we would be joining the Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines flagship Bolette later this morning in the Port of Tyne, for a wonderful 10 day cruise to the Nordic capital cities. 😊 We love…

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Deck the Halls

Posted on December 24, 2022January 6, 2023 by bollingerbabe

CHRISTMAS EVE Didn’t sleep all that well last night; I’d started a tickly throat a couple of days ago that I had put down to the very dry air around the ship, but during the night it had turned into the sniffles – a cold. The first thing I did when we got up was…

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Bus around Barcelona

Posted on May 27, 2022June 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Had a bit of a lie-in this morning, as neither of us slept particularly well last night. Not only was the room fairly noisy (despite the ear-plugs) but it was warmer than we like it. So we didn’t get up until around 8.30am, and went out onto the tiny balcony for a vertiginous view of…

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