Today saw us spending another long and leisurely day at sea. But what a difference from Wednesday! The Atlantic was still fairly lively (isn’t it always?) but at least we could walk around the Queen Victoria without feeling as if we were going to fall over. 🙂 After getting up about 8.15am and breakfasting in…
So say the opening lines of that well-known Welsh anthem, as we woke up this morning, after a nice quiet night, in Holyhead, Wales. Holyhead is the largest town in Anglesey and is known mainly as a busy ferry port. It therefore has a rich maritime history and some lovely beaches and coastal walks, and…
Sunday, 20th January 2013 Crossing the Tropic of Capricorn at 23° 27′ south in the early hours of this morning, Arcadia left the warmer waters of the tropics on her passage towards Uruguay. Today and tomorrow would see our last two sea days before our arrival in Montevideo. We enjoyed a bit of a lie-in this morning and…
Today we had another full day at sea to look forward to. People who read this blog sometimes say to me, “But you always seem to do the same stuff on sea days – don’t you get bored?”. I wouldn’t say we always do the same thing, but like everyday life, we tend to fall…
This morning we watched from our balcony as the Arcadia slowly pulled into her berth in the port of Salvador da Bahia, ancient former capital of Brazil. We had had a fantastic holiday here in 2001, when we stayed at the beach resort of Costa do Sauípe, so we were looking forward to exploring the old…
Not a lot to write about today really. It was just another of those long, lazy sunny days when time is of no consequence and you can just enjoy yourself and the feeling of being alive. 🙂 While sitting out on the balcony this morning some movement on the surface of the ocean caught my…
We awoke bright and early this morning and went out onto the balcony to a day that already promised to be sunny and bright. We consumed a leisurely breakfast then had a walk around the deck and a look around the shops, and generally passed the morning in a relaxed and unhurried way, before we…
When we got up this morning and went out onto our balcony, we could already feel that the weather was improving and we were leaving the cold, grey, wet English January climate far behind. Tonight we should be able to leave our balcony door propped open to enjoy the fresh sea breeze and listen to…
We awoke this morning to a bright day with a little fog on the horizon and a flat calm North Sea. It looked as though it was going to be another fine day today. We were due to arrive in Kirkwall, Orkney at around mid-day. We went along to the buffet restaurant for our breakfast,…
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…
