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 […]

We used the alarm today because we have a couple of early presentations we would like to listen to. The first is on Namibi, which is where we next stop. The second presentation, attended just by Ed, is a talk by the Captain on the operation of the ship. While this was on Sue, went […]

We awoke to our alarm and found we had already docked in Tenerife. After breakfast (we are up early enough this morning), we headed for the gangway, off the ship. We disembark and walk a kilometre through the docks to the port of Santa Cruz. While there were a number of shuttle buses laid on […]

Late starts are now becoming the norm. The rocking of the ship obviously aids sleep. We are now heading directly for the Canary Islands, where we are due to arrive tomorrow morning. The sun is out, and it’s getting warmer. Our first experience today is when we attend the Captains Interdenominational Merchant Navy church service. […]

Heading out of the Bay of Biscay, round Spain, and down the Portuguese coast in not an unpleasant sea which had clearly rocked us asleep, although the captain did make an announcement that passengers should use the handrails. A later start to the day, so we missed breakfast in the main restaurant and had to […]

The cabin is very comfortable and we awoke at 08:30 or it might have been 09:30 depending on whether we looked at our phones on European time or watches on UK time. After a wander around, we found the main breakfast restaurant with 2 minutes to spare before they closed. Now we know we are […]