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    • V609 May 2026
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    • H429 November 2024
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    • Q123P August 2021
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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

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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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

Cannes and Antibes – Day 3

12/09/202206/08/2023

We were woken at 06:30 by the screeching of a pump of some kind just outside our stateroom. I had an alarm set as we had an early start with a tour out to Old Antibes at 08:45 but this was just a bit too shrill and early for me.

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2022 Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

Livorno for Pisa and Firenze – Day 4

11/09/202220/07/2023

We woke up late today, 8am which I would like to think is unlike us, but I’m sure as the cruise progresses it will become the norm.The view from the stateroom window was far more industrial than yesterday’s as I could see nothing other than cranes and shipping containers. I

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2022 Daily Reports Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

Corsica and Ajaccio – Day 5

10/09/202220/07/2023

I woke at 07:15 with what looked like bright sun piercing the stateroom curtains, so I hopped out of be to capture this morning’s sunrise only to be told to shut those curtains, Jane is not a morning person. We went up to the PG restaurant for breakfast where I

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2022 Daily Reports QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022 Sea Days

Sea Day 2 Transit to Valencia – Day 6

09/09/202220/07/2023

We’re all at Sea today, so it was nice to have a lie in and have a relaxed breakfast. My first insights lecture wasn’t until 10:30 as Phil Holt was first up, and I’ve seen all of his offerings several times. We had breakfast in the PG restaurant, a basic

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2022 Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

In the port of Valencia – Day 7

08/09/202220/07/2023

I hopped out of bed to catch the sunset this morning but alas we are on the wrong side for it today. We are in Valencia today, we were here in November where we went on a tour. We didn’t plan on going on a tour but we’d decide we

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Daily Reports Port Days QE Barcelona - Barcelona 2022

Barcelona for the Second Time – Day 8

07/09/202220/07/2023

It was all a bit noisy this morning with the hustle an bustle of disembarkation for the guests who’s cruise had finished today. Jane had decided that she was having a lie in so it was breakfast for one for me up in the PG restaurant. Breakfast finished early today

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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 Sun Voyage to Nowhere
  • 2019 QM2 TA and Caribbean
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  • 2017 QE Canaries
  • 2016 QE Greek Islands
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