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A Tour by Tuk Tuk

Posted on June 18, 2022July 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up this morning at eight o’clock and took my time in the power shower, letting the powerful jets of warm water wake me up and wash away yesterday’s grime. I shampooed and blow-dried my hair, then finished getting ready before going down to breakfast. Our other five fellow travellers were there as well; Jane…

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Manchester to Montenegro

Posted on June 11, 2022June 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Dear readers, you will no doubt be surprised to see another holiday blog entry so soon after the last one, and indeed it is a record for us to be taking another trip only a fortnight after we came back from the last one!  But we are certainly not complaining, and we are surely making…

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Greece is the Word

Posted on May 16, 2022May 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Woke up this morning to the happy knowledge that, once again, we were heading for foreign shores to start another cruise!  😊 Today we were due to fly to Athens, Greece and enjoy an overnight stay in a hotel before joining the fabulous Azamara Pursuit in Piraeus the next day. However, amid all the excitement…

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From Manchester to Mauritius

Posted on December 26, 2018March 28, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Christmas 2018 was unusual in our house; instead of all the excitement and bustle and planning involved with the season of goodwill, we were immersed in the excitement and bustle and planning of another epic cruise, flying out from Manchester Airport tonight, Boxing Day.  😊 Yes! We will be jetting off to sunnier climes for…

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From Durham to Dubai

Posted on January 1, 2018March 31, 2022 by bollingerbabe

A new year, a new holiday.  After an excellent night out last night at our local pub to see in 2018, we woke up this morning with a new excitement – today we were setting off for another cruise!  😊 This time, however, there was no leaving the house in the early hours of the…

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Train to Travel Inn to Thomas Cook

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

When we woke up this morning we found we were not in our own bed.  The reason?  We’d travelled down last night on the train from Durham to Manchester Airport, where we’d spent the night in a very comfortable room at the Premier Travel Inn in order to be at the airport for our morning…

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Bridgetown Revisited

Posted on February 19, 2016April 2, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Last night I didn’t bother going to bed at all. We had to be up at 3.00am this morning and, given our usual bed-time of around midnight, I decided I’d no sooner be in bed asleep when it would be time to get up again. So I didn’t have to get up and get ready,…

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Bye-Bye Braemar

Posted on January 31, 2014June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

When we got up this morning after another rough night at sea we were back where we started from, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.  Some other lucky people would be in cabin 7050 tonight, just starting their cruise, whereas for us our holiday is finished.  🙁 At the end of each voyage every passenger receives…

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Back to the Braemar

Posted on January 17, 2014April 9, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Well, once again it is time for us to go on another cruise. We will be spending the next fortnight on Fred Olsen’s Braemar, a lovely little ship we’ve been on before, to the Amazon in February 2011. So it will be nice to be back. We got up this morning at 3.00am (!!) as…

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