Well…………. We are home, a very uneventful 3 hour flight and it is back to reality. If I have been away for 2 weeks in the past, I have always been ready for home after about 10 days, this time it was very different, I was gutted when we had to leave the ship and [...]
So……. We arrive at Zantie to a wonderful looking port with great weather. We were booked on to a trip to Smugglers cove, a small cove that now hosts a shipwreck since 1980ish apparently carrying contraband tobacco when it got caught up in heavy seas and the crew abandon ship. Driving to meet the [...]
In my last post, I reported on the roads leading to Sorrento……………….. I need not have worried! Having just been out in Sicily, the roads to Sorrento seem like dual carriageways. The greater problem seems to be in the driving style, most people seem to drive as though they are on the motorway. It [...]
That is what I have named Sorrento, I think that Polly thought that she had died and gone to heaven! Every other shop in this beautiful town was stacked to the roof with leather handbags and shoes. There is however a price to pay to arrive at this town, the roads! These winding roads that [...]
The trip to Rome promised to be something spectacular, and for the price, I seriously hoped so! Travelling 1.5 hours on a private, luxury train, a visit to the Colosseum, the Spanish steps, the Trevi fountain and the icing on the cake after lunch, the Vatican City. Arriving at the train, we were somewhat sceptical, [...]
This was a place of surprise to me on both sides, I had the impression that the leaning tower would be considerably taller, (maybe I have grown a little since studying it at school) the second been that there was much more than just the tower to see.Whilst the weather was not looking favourable, it [...]
This is one birthday that I think mum will remember for a very long time. We all dressed for the occasion and made our way to the Meridian Restaurant, the on-board Silver Service Restaurant. Prior to this we had arranged for an a announcement in the Cruise News, the daily information document and a [...]
This question was easily answered as we sailed by and waved! That has to be one of the quickest visits to a place ever. A announcement came over the tannoy to inform us that due to inclement weather, we would not be calling at the port of Toulon whilst disappointing, it did offer some explanation [...]
Ahhhh Las Rambas, as wonderful as I remember, a leisurely stroll along its entire length visiting places old and new. We took time to look at many of the stalls and watch many of the street performers along the way. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, there was not time to view all of the [...]
I am now able to reveal the second surprise that I referred to in a previous post. On Wednesday morning, My brother Adrian and His partner Tina announced that on Tuesday night they became engaged, congratulations to them both. The reason that I was unable to post this earlier was that some of the family [...]
