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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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The Golden Lion Pub menu
2023 Daily Reports Port Days QV Amsterdam Short Cruise 2023

V325 – Amsterdam Short Cruise 15th September – Embarkation

21/09/202329/09/2023

We’re back on Victoria for the first time since our Western Med cruise back in 2018, and back in Britannia for the first time since the post Covid “Cruise to Nowhere” in 2021. We took this short cruise because we needed three more days to reach the Diamond loyalty tier

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2023 Daily Reports QV Amsterdam Short Cruise 2023 Sea Days

Approaching Amsterdam – 16th Sept – Day 2

20/09/202329/09/2023

The clocks went forward overnight, which meant that when I woke up I was a little confused about what time it actually was my watch said seven am, and I assumed that because my watch was tied to my Garmin account and GPS time it would not change. so I

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The Bookshop
Daily Reports Port Days QV Amsterdam Short Cruise 2023

Amsterdam Overnight – Sept 17th – Day 3

19/09/202329/09/2023

Jane had asked Cecilia, our cabin steward, if they could have a look at the air-con yesterday, as the room was too warm for a lady of a certain age. I can report that it’s fixed because it was freezing overnight and I was fully wrapped up in the duvet

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Stairs at the Royal Court Theatre Boxes
2023 Daily Reports QV Amsterdam Short Cruise 2023 Sea Days

Back to Sea Southampton Bound- 18th Sept – Day 4

18/09/202321/09/2023

I had a disturbed night with a work call from Asia at 02:45, I informed them I was on holiday and to speak to my colleague and tried to get back to sleep, which took a while. I woke for a second time at 08:30 to a grey old Amsterdam

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2023 Daily Reports Port Days QV Amsterdam Short Cruise 2023

Disembarkation – 19th Sept – Day 5

17/09/202329/09/2023

Our returning berth had been changed from the Mayflower to the Queen Elizabeth cruise terminal. Our only experience of this terminal was not a good one with train movements causing traffic chaos and extensive delays to cars arriving at the terminal. So naturally we were worried since our train was

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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

Barcelona and Embarkation – Day 1

14/09/202206/08/2023

This is our first fly-cruise, and because we had a lot, and I mean a lot of bags, we had decided to stay in a hotel at Gatwick, dropping our bags off the night before which would allow a fuss free journey to the plane via security in the morning.

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2022 Daily Reports QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022 Sea Days

All at Sea – Day 2

13/09/202206/08/2023

It was a solo breakfast for me first thing, it usually is, what with the excitement of the cruise, half a bottle of Pol Acker, Commodore cocktails and shared a bottle of Montagnes 1er Cru at dinner plus port with her cheese, Jane was a little jaded and had already

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