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Our Cruises Documented

Month: October 2023

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2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

Cephalonia Bound – Day 11 – Oct 11th

14/10/202301/11/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… Today is our first sea day for what seems like an age but is only 4 days, so after a good nights sleep it was back to planning my morning. First we had to get breakfast out of the way so we had

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2023 Daily Reports Port Days QV Greek Islands 2023

Cephalonia, Argostoli – Day 12 – Oct 12th

13/10/202309/03/2024

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… We’d had a massive electrical storm overnight, to be honest I’d not noticed a thing and slept right through it, but Jane said it was spectacular. When I finally woke it was a lovely morning with beautiful views over Argostoli. The early shore

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Grills Lounge Top Shelf
2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

The Straits of Messina – Day 13 – 13th Oct

12/10/202323/10/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… We got a very welcome extra hour in bed with the clocks going back overnight as we transited towards Italy, this was needed as our stateroom was incredibly hot last night which meant Jane struggled to sleep and it was only when we

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2023 Daily Reports Port Days QV Greek Islands 2023

Cagliari – Day 14 – Oct 14th

11/10/202301/11/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… We had a busy day ahead of us as we’d decided to take an excursion in Cagliari. I had really fancied a walking tour around the city, but the only walking tour was a hike up Devil’s saddle and I really didn’t fancy

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2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

Leaving Sardinia – Day 15 – Oct 15th

10/10/202323/10/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… The room temperature is all over the place, I woke some time after midnight, sweating, having kicked off my covers, then after dropping off again I woke about 4am, this time freezing, it’s as if the air-con kicked in some time during the

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2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

Headed For Lisbon – Day 16 – Oct 16th

09/10/202323/10/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… The room temperature seems to have normalised, the air-con setting is fully in the blue, but the cabin is no longer very warm, it’s not a cold as you’d expect where the dial is set, but it was fresh overnight. Captain Hoyte had

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2023 Daily Reports Port Days QV Greek Islands 2023

Lisbon – Day 17 – Oct 17th

08/10/202301/11/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… You could tell we were no longer in the Mediterranean when I woke at 3am, the ship had started to move about quite a bit, this was no longer a millpond we were on. I went back to sleep and when I woke

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2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

Heading North – Day 18 – Oct 18th

07/10/202323/10/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… The seas were quite rough overnight, with a lot of creaking in the stateroom, it wasn’t particularly rough compared with a trans Atlantic cruise but we have been blessed with mirror like seas for the majority of this cruise it does seem a

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Shuffleboard Court
2023 Daily Reports QV Greek Islands 2023 Sea Days

Crossing The Bay of Biscay – Day 19 – Oct 19th

05/10/202323/10/2023

Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… The end is nigh, The sea overnight was a lot calmer even though we were in the Bay of Biscay where experience says it’s going to be lumpy in October After a quick shower and breakfast we set about killing some time to

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Daily Reports Port Days QV Greek Islands 2023

Disembarkation – Day 20 – Oct 20th

04/10/202323/10/2023

We’ve finally arrived back in Southampton, breakfast was early and due to close at 08:00, so I had set my alarm for the first time since leaving and after one last shower we headed up to the PG restaurant for one last time. We’d been to see the Grills concierege

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