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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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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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Cable up the Table

Posted on January 16, 2015April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were woken this morning by Captain Tkachuk’s voice booming over the tannoy to say that the Voyager would be moored up in a temporary berth until the MSC Opera left at 5.00pm, in which case we would move into that berth and remain there overnight.  Apparently it was due to a cargo ship which was having…

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A Smashing Time in the Indian Ocean

Posted on January 13, 2015April 5, 2022 by bollingerbabe

I woke up in the middle of the night – I think it was about 3.00am – to go to the toilet, and I noticed that the Voyager was at sea once again, but I don’t know what time she eventually left port. The creaking and rattling noises around the cabin indicated that the sea…

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Cocktails at Jack’s

Posted on January 11, 2015April 5, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After a good night’s sleep we woke up at 8.00am and went up for our Sea Stretch session before enjoying an al fresco breakfast. We then wandered around on deck, looking at our surroundings and decided what to do. We had the whole day to explore at our leisure and do whatever we wanted, when…

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Longer Days

Posted on November 20, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

It might seem strange to be talking about the days getting longer in November, but as we are heading south again we have noticed we are getting more daylight.  Today the sun didn’t set until 2.50pm!  🙂 Today we had a relaxing day at sea.  The mornings were still dark (sunrise at 9.24am) so it…

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Onwards and Northwards

Posted on November 10, 2014April 6, 2022 by bollingerbabe

This morning I was very tired and it was difficult to get out of bed, probably due to the lost hour and the fact that the mornings are getting darker the further north we go. So it was about 9.40am before I got out of my pit, and got washed and dressed. We then decided…

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Friends Reunited

Posted on May 9, 2014April 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Well, we have been on many long-haul flights in the past but this one seemed to last forever. We were seated in the centre of the centre set our four seats, so it meant that Trevor and I each had someone on our other side which meant that if we needed to go to the…

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Name that Tune

Posted on January 24, 2014April 10, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we woke up this morning, we couldn’t believe we were already half-way through our holiday. Today the Braemar was at sea, so we could enjoy a lazy day doing whatever we pleased. 🙂 We enjoyed our breakfast (which included a couple of free glasses of ‘champagne’ as it was formal night), took our malaria…

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