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Tag: cruising

Two Days at Sea

Posted on February 25, 2022April 24, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Friday, 25 February 2022 Woke up to the depressing realisation that the holiday we had looked forward to for so long was looking a bit sick now. In 48 hours we’d be on the road for home. 🙁 Nonetheless, we were still on board, and we determined to enjoy our time on this lovely ship….

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Any Port in a Storm

Posted on February 23, 2022April 24, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We woke up this morning with the pleasant thought of having a whole relaxing day at sea; we had already looked at the Daily Times programme of events to see that there was a packed itinerary in store for us today. The weather was, as usual, below zero and the motion of the Borealis was…

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Cruising the Restless Waves

Posted on February 13, 2022April 24, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up this morning about 8.30am, with the contented feeling that we had a whole, relaxing day at sea to do what we wanted, when we wanted.  One of those days where you can do can do that which is best described in the following well-known quote (for which I can’t find anyone to reference)….

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The Foibles of Fellow Passengers

Posted on March 14, 2017April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Stuff I’ve noticed, not just on Braemar but on other ships as well: a) People who book on a transatlantic voyage then complain that we are spending too many days at sea.  This trip was advertised as a Caribbean/transatlantic.  Looking at the itinerary we could see that 10 out of the 16 days would be…

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A Glimpse of Arcadia

Posted on January 5, 2013April 28, 2022 by bollingerbabe

First of all, apologies to Macdonald Hastings for blatantly plagiarising the title of his 1971 novel, as we get ready to set off on another voyage of discovery, this time on P & O’s Arcadia, a lovely ship in which we have sailed twice before, once in 2005 and once in 2007. We were up…

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How Cruising has Changed over the Years

Posted on May 9, 2012April 21, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Having taken our first cruise almost 24 years ago when there were relatively few good cruise ships about, we have noticed many changes, and not all of them are for the best. For a start, ships actually used to look like ships.  That is, their outlines were long, sleek and streamlined and (when viewed from…

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All at Sea (again)

Posted on October 22, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Today dawned bright and sunny again; hopefully we’ll see no more rain until we’re back in Blighty. 🙂 In the shopping arcade on the ship there was a shop selling merchandise with the Cunard and Queen Elizabeth logos on them.  A lot of the QE stuff had “Maiden Season 2010-11” etched onto it.  Today though,…

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Santa Cruz de La Palma

Posted on October 20, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

The Queen Elizabeth arrived in La Palma at 8.00am.  This is the only port of call that we hadn’t been to previously, so we were looking forward to exploring this island.  La Palma is the fifth largest of the seven Canary Islands.  We had booked an excursion this afternoon to see some volcanoes and also…

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En Route to the Canaries

Posted on October 17, 2010March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Today was another long, leisurely day at sea.  Once we leave the cold British shores for warmer climes, we tend to leave our balcony door propped open overnight, as I hate the artificial air-conditioning – it’s so drying for the skin. So it’s lovely to wake up in the morning to the “ssssshhhhhhhh” sounds of…

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All At Sea

Posted on October 13, 2010March 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After our first comfortable night on board Queen Elizabeth in which we both slept very well, our first day was spent, as is often the case, at sea en route to our first port of call, which would be Vigo in Spain. You will notice how may times I have said the word “first” but…

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