The alam awoke us, so we were ready to attend a talk on Cape Town. We had no time for breakfast, but after yesterday’s mutiple meals, it will not be missed. We must have worked up an apatite sitting in the theatre because we went straight to the coffee and pastries lounge before heading for […]

We slept in this morning and consequently missed breakfast in all the venues. The benefit is that we found another venue that serves coffee and pastries until midday. Following this very pleasant find, and having refuelled ourselves, we head for the ballroom for the Cha Cha Cha dance class.  We endure another painful but funny […]

We have arrived in Wavis Bay (or Whale Bay) Namibia, just in front of another cruise ship. We have arranged a trip ashore and need to be at immigration with pre completed forms and passports at 8am. To avoid any crushes in the restaurant when it opens at 7am, we have decided to try continental […]

The clocks changed again last night, but our phones do not follow ships’ time. The result is that our alarm does not go off at the correct time, so we had a rush to get to the first presentation, which was about Cape Town. Although we will not be going on the ships’ organised excursions, […]

We are up just in time to make breakfast in the main restaurant this morning. The waiters are not overly happy with two late arrivals, so they set the table around us just to make the point. After breakfast, we go on a 1.3 mile quick walk around the promenade deck. We saw the first immovable […]

According to the programme, it is Sunday, and we are now getting into a bit of a routine by starting the day with fruit and coffee (and Ed’s two croissants) in the buffet restaurant. This is followed by a mile or so walk around the deck. We then go of for a talk on Port […]

The ships clock changed by an hour overnight. We found a certificate delivered to the cabin to celebrate our taking part in crossing the line yesterday. A slow start with fruit and coffee before we walked a mile walk around the promenade deck. We then went to listen to Niki Campbell talking about how reality […]

This morning started with the sun shining, and then it clouded over with a short and very surprising sub tropical shower. It was windy (force 4) but it’s still pleasantly warm. We are trying to cut our calorie intake down and opt for coffee and fruit this morning before going to one of a series […]

Today, we have a wine tasting lunch booked at midday, so we decided to just have a coffee and croissant for breakfast. Sue wants it noted she did not have a croissant. We have been in the doldrums for several days with flat calm seas. The weather is now a sunny warm 28° and humid. […]

The alam went off this morning because I forgot to cancel it. Although it has been a pleasant temperature since the Canary Islands, it was nice to see the sun shining. We just made breakfast in time in the main restaurant. Shortly after we were served food an emergency exercise started so almost all the […]