Went up to the Grampian restaurant this morning to find there was another “champagne” breakfast. Whoo-hoo! 🙂 Enjoyed a breakfast of kipper fillets washed down with coffee and a couple of glasses of the free bubbly. A nice way to set you up for the day – good old Fred. 🙂 The weather was hot…
Tag: formal evening
Parintins and Boi-Bumbá
This morning we woke up at anchor in the town of Parintins, where once again the day was grey and raining. Not to worry though; this morning we were going to visit the Convention Centre to see a scaled-down version of the Parintins Folk Festival, otherwise known as the Festival do Boi-Bumbá. Usually this takes…
Heading South
After waking up several times in the night (we were still on UK time) I lay awake for some time listening to the waves washing against the side of the Braemar before deciding to get up at 6.00am. 🙂 It was so exciting to be at sea, heading south at a rapid pace, and I…
Last Night for the Glad Rags
We woke up feeling a little sad this morning, as the holiday we had waited for for so long is fast coming to an end. So it was another nice relaxing sea day, and this time we were in the Bay of Biscay. Usually this is a notoriously rough stretch of water, but this time,…
All at Sea (again)
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,…
All At Sea
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…