Cruising
Seabourn Ovation, Far East Cruise..
Date of travel : February 2020 We’ve just returned from a cruise aboard Seabourn Ovation in the Far East. Yes, before you ask, our cruise itinerary was affected by Coronavirus, and badly!! In a nutshell The Philippines didn’t want us, Vietnam didn’t want us, and we eventually had our itinerary changed to incorporate Thailand &…
Read MoreMarella Cruises, Central America Christmas Cruise
Date of travel : December 2019 Ship : Marella Discovery 2 Christina’s father joined Marella Discovery 2 in Malaga at the beginning of December for a transatlantic cruise to Jamaica, and then decided to stay on for the following Christmas fortnight cruise. Well, Christmas is of course a family time, so he asked if we…
Read MoreSeabourn – The Ultimate Cruise Line
Date of Travel : We have travelled with Seabourn numerous times, and this last cruise was for 3 weeks in November/December 2019 on-board Seabourn Odyssey Having been very lucky in the past to have travelled on numerous cruise lines, we both unanimously agree that Seabourn is unbeatable, they simply are the best! The service, cuisine,…
Read MoreChristmas & New Year cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria
Date of cruise : December 2018 Ports visited : Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cadiz Our friends booked the 2018 Christmas & New Year cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria from Southampton. Unfortunately, we couldn’t join them for the whole event, but after spending our Christmas day with family in Spain we flew out to the…
Read MoreMajorca to Mauritius with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines…
Ship : M.S. Boudicca Date of Travel : October 2017 Ports of call : Malta, Crete, Suez Canal transit, Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt, Salalah – Oman, Zanzibar, Mozambique Island, Mayotte – Comoros, Reunion Island After selling our business in 2017, we joined the Boudicca with Fred Olsen on a fantastic voyage down to Mauritius…
Read MorePullmantur … The Party Cruise!
Ship: Pullmantur HorizonDate of sailing: October 2019Route: Athens to Malaga – 7 nightsCabin: Balcony cabin 9102 (Moved to Junior Suite 1011) Surfing the web recently we came across a bargain deal on a Pullmantur Cruise flying from Malaga to Athens, and then cruising back via Crete, Malta, Sardinia and Cartegena in Spain. Christina’s brother Patrick…
Read MorePaul Gauguin – French Polynesia Cruise
Date of travel : May 2016 Itinerary : Bora Bora, Moorea, Huahine, Taha’a, Tahiti We had read many times that Bora Bora was the most beautiful place in the World, so we just had to go and check it out for ourselves! Travelling with friends as part of a West Coast of America trip, we…
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