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Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Two

29th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) – St Kitts Breakfast today was in the MDR as my excursion wasn’t due to leave until 09:30 I was in no hurry. Once again it was a sharing table [more…]

Holiday

Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part One

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 0

Friday 20th December – Home to Barbados My alarm woke me at five, and I got up immediately—no lie-in, as I would probably go back to sleep, and that could be a disaster. Shave, shower, [more…]

Holiday

Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part Zero

14th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Being on my own, I have taken to going on a Christmas cruise. The only problem is that single accommodation goes very quickly and isn’t cheap. I booked this year’s trip before going away last [more…]

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Cruising From Malta – Part Four

22nd July 2024 Going Postal 0

Day 12 – 2nd Monday – Corfu As we had sailed from Dubrovnik in Croatia to Corfu which is Greek we have had to put the clock forward an hour overnight to Greek time which [more…]

Hobbies

Cruising From Malta, Part Three

15th July 2024 Going Postal 0

Day 7 Wednesday – At sea The best night’s sleep so far and they have all been good! It’s surprising how tiring sitting in the fresh air can be. After dinner last night I popped [more…]

Hobbies

Cruising From Malta, Part Two

8th July 2024 Going Postal 0

Day 3 – Saturday – Mykonos I woke up and saw that it was a couple of minutes before six, and the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless and the sea like a mirror. [more…]

Hobbies

Cruising From Malta, Part One

2nd July 2024 Going Postal 0

I won’t bother taking you through all the preliminaries for this cruise except to say this time I choose to fly to Malta to pick up the cruise ship, P&O Azura. It cuts out a [more…]

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WG’s 21st Cruise, Part Five

31st July 2023 Going Postal 0

Wednesday 21st June – At Sea I woke shortly after five, took one look at the clock and went back to sleep, that is far too early to wake up on a sea day! My [more…]

Arts

WG’s 21st Cruise, Part Four

24th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Sunday June 18th – La Spezia – Italy I think dawn breaking must have woken me this morning. It was about 06:15 and we were entering La Spezia harbour. This is a first visit here [more…]

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