RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

OUR MODERN ODYSSEY I don’t know why, probably because I’ve never read them, but I had heard of them. Thinking that Homer wrote a poem about the Illiad and the Odyssey. I thought he was talking about his boat (the Iliad) and his adventures (the Odyssey)….silly me – I did some research and it’s NOTHING […]

Par avion…..

The alarm went off at 4:30am as planned. It really wasn’t that difficult to get up and get ready. Using the tiny lift for us and all the bags was a little bit of a manoeuvre but managed it quite well. Only realising we hadn’t turned off the air conditioning before leaving but we had […]

hasta la proxima vez…(until next time in Spanish)

The very last day on holiday and it’s gone really quickly. Mostly because we simply lazed around for ages and only left the house around two for a late brunch. We found a little cafe which was very organic. I had their gucamale dip which was different but very nice washed down with fresh squeezed […]

Landlubbers again…..

On the day of departure from the cruise it’s a weird feeling. To begin the cruise you feel all welcomed by everyone, but at the end you just seem to be in the way. 😕 Firstly our mini bar had been locked by the time we came back to the cabin last night. Then we […]

A day in Genoa…..

We had the alarm set for 7:30 but just after the alarm went off there was an announcement (by mr gobbledygook) to say we had been delayed due to an emergency through the night and our arrival had been delayed by three hours. Not sure of the implications of this message on tours etc but […]

A day in bed – but we’re not sick!

The brilliant door knob menu was used last night. Contrary to our previous hilarity over how you could order door knobs and where would they store them etc etc etc (you’d have to have been here to appreciate how funny a door knob menu can be!) We used it wisely and ordered our favourite yogurts, […]

The Roman leg…..

Once again the doorknob menu came into play this morning but this time the knock on the door was a bit of a surprise, I guess we weren’t quite ready to wake up yet. OMG. I’ve woken up today with eighty year olds wrinkles around my eyes!!!! The free treatment I had yesterday has damaged […]

Malaga…..a Spanish island

I had meant to get up early this morning but decided against it as I hadn’t slept well. Therefore it was breakfast as usual at ten up on level 13. Our dutchies joined us and we then ventured forth to discover the delights of Malaga. Walking seems to be the persistent essential on this cruise. […]

Have some Madeira ma dear……

We met our new Dutch friends at breakfast and mosied on down to negotiate a deal with a taxi driver. His name is Enio. Well if you want another amazing place to come on holidays I suggest Funchal-Madeira. Stunning, stunning, stunning. Is all I can say. From the terraced hillsides full of bananas, cabbages, tomatoes, […]

Tenerife today……

We met up with Joop and Marijke in the breakfast area and then headed off the ship to see if we could find a taxi. It was the best decision we could have made. Instead of paying €80 each (if we’d taken one of the cruise packages) we paid €37 each and had a great […]