Carnival Liberty Day 1: A fun ship first timer
Boarding Carnival Liberty in Port Miami is an experience to say the least...but the long lines do give me a chance to take advantage of the free WiFi available!
Norwegian Sky Day 4: It’s all Greek to me
After such a jam packed day and night in Great Stirrup Cay, I was relatively glad I didn’t have too much planned for my day in Nassau, a sleep in was very much needed!
Norwegian Sky Day 3: Great Stirrup Cay
Regardless of the myriad of ports visited by cruise lines, my favourite always remains the same...a tropical island. Give me sunshine and a postcard perfect beach and I am in heaven!
Norwegian Sky, Day 2 – It’s a Freeport Life
Being a fan of spending time onboard a ship when sailing, I selected our first port of call, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, to relax on deck and get to know the Norwegian Sky a little bit better.
Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 6: Antwerp & Brussels, Belgium
Our Avalon river ship docked almost in the heart of Antwerp, the second-largest city in Belgium and the second-argest seaport in Europe.
Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 5: Belgium
After our usual buffet breakfast we boarded our coaches for a short ride to the city centre of Ghent.
Norwegian Sky, Part 1: Cruising like a Norwegian
What exactly does it mean to ‘Cruise like a Norwegian’? I'm spending a week discovering what this term means aboard the Norwegian Sky in the Bahamas.
Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 4: Holding Back the Sea
Our trip to Delta Park at Veere, home of one of the engineering wonders of the world that I had seen on the popular TV show Megastructures, was inspiring.
Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 3: Tulip Gardens
After visiting the windmills of Kinderdijk we returned to Avalon Luminary for lunch.
Avalon Luminary river cruise, Part 2
On boarding Avalon Luminary we were welcomed by the captain and crew then offered cocktails.
Tulip Season, Avalon Luminary, Part 1
I have just returned from a seven night Avalon Waterways river cruise on board Avalon Luminary through Holland at the start of the tulip season.
QM2 – An English Restaurant?
Sometimes the English language is just too complicated. Cunard is a very English sort of shipping line (and certainly not a mere cruise line).
QM2 Down Under: Day 2 Pub Grub with a Queen
For some passengers the most British element of a QM2 cruise is the dulcet tones of the Commodore giving us the ship’s noonday position.
QM2 Down Under: Day 2, Morning
Imagine a restaurant that can serve 1,100 main courses in 30 minutes.
Disney Fantasy makes her debut in Manhattan, Mickey Mouse style
Brightly lit in neon red and electric blue, and with searchlights crisscrossing in the night sky, Disney Fantasy made her official debut on New York’s Hudson River
QM2 Down Under Day 1
My feet hurt. I’ve only been on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 for about three hours and I think I’ve walked a marathon course just having a quick look around.