Today’s Daily Programme Can Be Found Here We’ve arrived in our second port this morning, Cartagena, it’s a pretty little town/city where wed park up right in the city. So it’s a short walk from the ship to the shops and attractions. But before we head into town we need
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Today’s Daily Programme Can Be Found Here I woke early again, it wasn’t even light, so I threaded my way past the coffee table, to open the balcony curtains and get my first view of Valencia on this trip. The sun was just rising and it was looking overcast. The
Today’s Daily Programme Can Be Found Here We’d decided to have a leisurely breakfast this morning followed by some relaxing time on the Grills Terrace to let the hoards of day trippers vacate the ship. This was a good idea even though it was overcast early on the sun broke
The plan today was the tried and tested one we’d used all cruise, after breakfast head upstairs to the Grills Terrace and grab some rays and let all the old dears head off the ship. We’d then follow after lunch, do our Xmas shopping and job done! Unfortunately it was
Today’s Daily Programme Can Be Found Here The approach to Lisbon along the River Tagus is always spectacular, we didn’t have the glorious sunset today but that didn’t diminish it. We’d gained an hour overnight so it was very leisurly getting ready for breakfast. No kedgeree today, I had intended
It’s always sad to be leaving the ship, more so when you’ve been having an excellent cruise. Typically we slept in on our last morning, breakfast was an early affair ending at 08:30 so it was a bit of a rush getting in the shower, dressed and everything stashed in
It had been a stressful night on Saturday, the train strike had caused issues getting Raffy to the dog sitter’s, and Jane wasn’t able to drop him off until after 8pm, which meant that our travel plans of driving down to Southampton were postponed until this morning and all the
Today’s Daily Programme can be found here… We’re in Cadiz today, a city we’ve visited many times, and we love it but there’s an issue. I’m full of a cold, probably the first proper cold since COVID, and I feel terrible so after a late breakfast where we were alone
Today’s Daily Programme can be found here…. Another night and another slightly better sleep, I woke at 07:45 just as we were docking at the port of Heraklion in Crete. This is an unscheduled replacement for Mykonos where forecasted high winds made the tendering there unsafe. There’s a slight problem
I slept much, much better, admittedly waking early at 06:15, to find we were already at dock in Piraeus. The view today wasn’t so nice, with the Cruise Terminal opposite. We’ve been to Athens a few times and Jane needs to get some more laundry out of the way, plus