I’d had real issues uploading content for my blog, which had got so bad that I couldn’t upload any photos at all to Immich, after 11pm yesterday, and when I ran a speed test against the wi-fi I was getting 0.2Mbs upload and download speed, and that was when the
Category: Port Days
We had a shore excursion booked for today, Ephesus and the Terraced Houses, and when we checked the departure times we were dismayed do see it was an early start 08:45 leaving with and 08:15 meetup in the Royal Court Theatre. So I set the my alarm for 07:00 and
It was lovely arriving in Istanbul to glorious sunshine on our balcony. We have been really fortunate on this cruise with our balcony in relation to the sun, and the views, we seem to have the best aspect every day. We have a tour booked for today, a walking tour
We had nothing planned today except to say goodbye to our tablemates. At breakfast, we sadly missed one couple—they’d already left for an early flight. The other couple was still there, as their flight was in the afternoon, so we enjoyed an extended farewell over a leisurely breakfast. I had
We had a bit of drama last night while retiring to bed. Jane climbed into her bathrobe while getting ready, only to discover it had been swapped for a new one. A nice clean bathrobe is always welcome, unfortunately the old one had her handkerchief in one pocket and her
We had a tour booked, which meant an early start. Jane decided she didn’t want to get up for breakfast and ordered room service instead. I, on the other hand, was never going to miss out on a bit of silver-service attention. Unfortunately, I was woken at some ungodly hour
We had another tour booked for our visit to Katakolon — one I’d done before — to visit the ancient site of Olympia. There was no messing about with pre-registering in the Queen’s Room or theatre on this cruise; you simply turned up at the dockside at 09:35 with your
QM2 was arriving late into Southampton this morning, apparently the sea crossing from New York had been a bit lumpy so she’d been diverted south to avoid the worst of it. We had already been informed by text by Cunard and advised to arrive one hour later than planned to
We arrived in the Norwegian port of Trondheim overnight, and it’s now noticeably colder on the balcony. We had a walking tour booked for the morning so Jane had decided to get room service for breakfast and have a lie in but I like the Grills Restaurant for breakfast so
We were going to have a quiet day as we had our Northern Light’s tour booked for later in the afternoon. So after a leisurely breakfast where I had my first fry-up it was time to do some laundry. There aren’t any launderettes on deck 9 so I was tasked