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    • QE Barcelona Fly Cruise – 2022
    • QE Northern Lights Cruise – 2022
    • QE Atlantic Coast Adventure – 2021
    • QE Sun Voyage – 2021
    • QM2 TA & Carribbean Cruise – 2019
    • QV Western Mediterranean – 2018
    • QE Canaries – 2017
    • QE Greek Islands – 2016
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    • V609 May 2026
    • M535 November 2025
    • M504 February 2025
    • H429 November 2024
    • V327 October 2023
    • Q208N March 2022
    • Q133Q November 21
    • Q123P August 2021
    • M938A November 2019
    • V833 November 2018
    • Q618 October 2016
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    • Q208N March 2022
    • Q133Q November 2021
    • Q123P August 2021
    • V833 November 2018
    • Q618 October 2016
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Instanbul Part II, Feet Up and Relax – Day 8 – May 11th

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) ™ Gogo Baby

Sailing the Dardenelles – Day 6 – May 9th

Kusadsasi, Gateway to Ephesus – Day 5 – May 8th

Heraklion – Day 4 – May 7th

At Sea Bound for Crete – Day 3 – May 6th

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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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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About Us

We are Jim and Jane, and have been cruising on Cunard since our first QM2 cruise in September 2011. We've travelled on all four Queens and in all stateroom classes apart from Britannia Club.

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  • 2021 QE Atlantic Coast
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  • 2019 QM2 TA and Caribbean
  • 2018 QV Western Mediterranean
  • 2017 QE Canaries
  • 2016 QE Greek Islands
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