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 […]

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 […]