Peter's Cruise Blog
Sunday - The Last
Day & The Big
Exhibition - Sunday, October 25th 2009 6:30 PM
Today we spent our last day at sea. It's been a busy day, partly spent packing (far easier at the end of a cruise than at the start; you just kind of throw everything...
Saturday - The Bay
of Biscay - Heading
Home - Saturday, October 24th 2009 1:50 PM
Early on in the cruise, I reported a success at the evening Lido Quiz. Well, I'm pleased to be able to announce yet another victory - Woo Hooooooo!!!!!! Since winning weeks ago...
Friday - Lisbon,
Portugal - Friday, October 23rd 2009 6:50 PM
"Hi, Rebecca?. It's Peter, on Tour 2B; Sintra and Cascais..... yes.... um.... we've lost someone...." It was windy and cold when we arrived alongside the dock in Lisbon this...
Thursday - At Sea -
passing Gibraltar
(again) - Thursday, October 22nd 2009 5:32 PM
A little incident today reminded me of just how gracious and utterly charming some people can be. After a late start this morning (I got into some video editting last...
Wednesday - At Sea - Wednesday, October 21st 2009 5:30 PM
It's a wild, wet, windy, and all round rough old day day out there today. The deck has been closed off due to high winds, so everybody has had to make the best of the on-board...
Tuesday - Tunis,
Tunisia - Tuesday, October 20th 2009 6:20 PM
Today we visited Tunisia. Despite my previous ruminations over how I might possibly spend the day, I realised almost as soon as we got there that the logistical nightmare...
Monday - At sea - Monday, October 19th 2009 6:10 PM
Today has been a sea day, as we sail towards out penultimate port destination, Tunis, in Tunisia. I have to say, it's been a bit of a funny old day for me. Last night, I was as...
Sunday - Dubrovnik,
Croatia - Sunday, October 18th 2009 5:28 PM
What little I know of Croatia would barely fill the back of a postage stamp (and that would be using large writing). I know that they are energetic and...
Ooops! - Saturday, October 17th 2009 5:50 PM
After my exciting morning in Venice, the afternoon loomed before me without much in the way of direction. After lunch I sat out on deck, alternating between reading a book...
Saturday - Venice
(Day 2) - Leonardo - Saturday, October 17th 2009 11:45 AM
It's not often you get a second bite of the cherry on a cruise. Ports come and go, and those that make a particular impression are often mentally filed under 'Places I'd Like To...
Friday - Venice (Day
1) - Friday, October 16th 2009 5:35 PM
Today, we arrived in Venice.I was up early because, despite all my chuntering yesterday, I had been given tour escorting duty (so that told me). Both Peter Roach and myself had...
Thursday - Koper,
Slovenia - Thursday, October 15th 2009 5:20 PM
Today we arrived in Koper, Slovenia, and what a fantastic day it's been!It's the first place to make me jump up out of bed and head for the open deck just on the strength of...
Wednesday - At Sea -
Heading North - Wednesday, October 14th 2009 10:03 AM
Once again we're at sea, currently heading in a North-Easterly direction and about to skirt around the heel of Italy's high stilleto heel into the Adriatic Sea. From that point...
Tuesday - Catania,
Sicily - Tuesday, October 13th 2009 7:00 PM
Today we visited Catania, the second largest city on the island of Sicily. Perhaps the biggest, most important and exciting thing to say about Catania is that it sits at the...
Volcano-watching - Monday, October 12th 2009 8:37 PM
It's been a great afternoon island- and volcano-watching. Needless to say, Strombolli didn't disappoint. I think I would go as far as to say it was awesome! From about 4...
Monday - Aeolian
Islands - Monday, October 12th 2009 12:05 PM
There's a tangible frisson of anticipation in the air today. It's a sea-day, which finds us heading towards tomorrow's destination, Catania in Sicily. Actually, Sicily has been...
Sunday - Cagliari,
Sardinia - Sunday, October 11th 2009 6:25 PM
Today we arrived in Cagliari (pronounced cal-arr-ee), the capital of Sardinia.And what a fantastic place this is; I love it! Sardinia is Italian, and Italian it certainly...
Saturday -
Dolphin-watching - Saturday, October 10th 2009 11:00 AM
It's another glorious day here in the middle of the Meditterranean. I was up quite early considering it's a sea-day and I don't have too much to do until 3 o'clock this...
Friday - Malaga - Friday, October 9th 2009 5:50 PM
Many people stayed up last night to see The Rock of Gibraltar. At 11:30-ish, folks poured out onto open deck to see a distant, barely visible dark shape somewhere out in the...
Thursday - Good News
and Bad News - Thursday, October 8th 2009 10:46 AM
The good news is; It's an absolutely glorious day out there. The wind has finally dropped to a light breeze and the sea is rolling gently beneath us, as opposed to the choppy...
Wednesday - The Bay
of Biscay - Wednesday, October 7th 2009 11:36 AM
It could be my imagination, but the sea seems a little choppier today, despite the sky being clearer and the sun making a welcome appearance. It's still windy and parts of the...
Tuesday - First day
at sea - Tuesday, October 6th 2009 2:00 PM
I'm ashamed to say that, despite all the wonderful things going off last night, as a huge welcome to the newly-boarded passengers; welcome showtime in the Neptune Lounge;...
Monday - Portsmouth - Monday, October 5th 2009 2:10 PM
I arrived at Portsmouth after a relatively straightforward, and slightly dull, 5-and-a-half hour journey, at about 12:30. I say dull; there was a MASSIVE fire somewhere just off...
Another trips
looms.... bring on
THE BOUDICCA - Tuesday, September 29th 2009 2:49 PM
It's Tuesday, and in less than a week, I will be travelling down to Portsmouth for another cruise assignment.There are still loads of things to do; my art-materials suitcase (as...
Wednesday - The Last
Night on the Braemar - Thursday, January 8th 2009 8:19 PM
We arrived in Key West at nearly 11:30. After clearance by the Port Authorities, the Immigration folks came on board to interview everybody. On a ship of 950 passengers, this...