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Moët and Masks

Posted on October 15, 2018March 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

OUR PEARL (30th) WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Masquerade! Paper faces on paradeMasquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find youMasquerade! Every face a different shadeMasquerade! Look around, there’s another mask behind you From “The Phantom of the Opera” Trevor and I were married on 15th October 1988, so today we were celebrating our 30th wedding…

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Heart of Glass

Posted on October 12, 2018May 13, 2022 by bollingerbabe

“I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand.“– Lord Byron Got up this morning as usual just after 8.00am to another bright and sunny morning; this time in the amazing Venice.  We had last been here on the Norwegian Crown in 2003, so we were excited…

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Adriatic Blue

Posted on October 9, 2018March 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Didn’t sleep too well last night; I had a disturbing dream in which we’d missed our flight and various other unpleasant things; one of those nightmares when you wake up and realise, with a sigh of relief, that it was just a dream.  Slept intermittently and then awoke late – 09:10 hours this morning; very…

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In the Mood for Dancing

Posted on October 7, 2018March 29, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After an excellent’s night sleep, during which time the Queen Victoria glided through the calm Mediterranean sea, we got up around 8.15am and went out on the balcony to see what the weather was like. It was pleasant; not too hot or too cold, just ideal for strolling the decks. The Lido self-service restaurant was…

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Guernsey and Gladrags

Posted on May 4, 2015April 3, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After a good night’s sleep we were awoken at 7.30 this morning by the hydraulic whirring of the lifeboat davits outside our window, as the lifeboat was lowered to be used as one of the ship’s tenders, as the Queen Victoria had dropped anchor off the pretty town of St. Peter Port, Guernsey. Looking out,…

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