It was another early start this morning, the alarm going off at 7.00am as the Queen Victoria headed towards the port of Málaga. It was a long time since we’d sailed into Málaga; in May 1995 in fact, on the Seawing. I should imagine the port will have changed beyond recognition. In any case, this…
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Strolling around Seville
Got up at 7.00am to find the Queen Victoria slowly manoevring her way through the buoyed channel and into her berth in Cádiz, Spain. We had last been to this historic Spanish city on the Queen Elizabeth in 2010, but today we would be travelling further afield to explore the Andalucian city of Seville or,…
Exploring La Coruña
BILLY & CAROLE’S DIAMOND WEDDING Got up this morning about 8.00am to find the Queen Victoria docked in La Coruña, in the Galician region of northern Spain. We had been to Vigo before, but never to this port. The weather was cloudy but mild. We got washed and changed into our gym gear. Yes! We…
Bus around Barcelona
Had a bit of a lie-in this morning, as neither of us slept particularly well last night. Not only was the room fairly noisy (despite the ear-plugs) but it was warmer than we like it. So we didn’t get up until around 8.30am, and went out onto the tiny balcony for a vertiginous view of…
Beautiful Barcelona
Got up this morning at 7.00am as we needed to vacate cabin 6062 by eight. Going out onto our balcony for the last time, we could see we were already docked in the beautiful city of Barcelona. We were pleased to be back here; it had been over 20 years since our last visit, and…
Cadiz, Spain
This morning the Queen Elizabeth docked in Cadiz, a well-known port and city in south-western Spain. It was a warm day (22 degrees) but a brisk breeze blew in from the Atlantic, which made it feel fairly cool in the shade. As we had been to Cadiz before, 11 years ago, we decided against doing…
Vigo – First Port of Call
This morning the Queen Elizabeth docked in her maiden port of call, Vigo in Spain. It is pronounced as vee-go, rather than Vigo, the town about seven miles away from us in Tyne & Wear called vy-go. We had been here once before, 11 years ago, so we were looking forward to exploring this beautiful…