A Holiday Blog.
The sun rose early to herald a beautiful day at sea.
As we went to breakfast just before nine, the blue and white towels had started to appear on the sun loungers, reserving the places for the sun worshippers. We … Read More
After five days of visiting large city ports I was looking forward today to arriving at one of the smaller calls of our cruise, Ajaccio in Corsica. We weren’t due to arrive until after ten, so we had a leisurely … Read More
The plan today , after the success of yesterday’s Rome visit, was to take the train to Pompeii to visit the ruins. As we sailed into Naples the sun picked out the houses on the hills and we looked set … Read More
The ship docked this morning at 7.00 in the bustling port of Civitavecchia, the sea port for Rome. There are two main ways of getting from the ship into Rome. Firstly you could choose an organised tour, prices of which … Read More
It was thirty-six years ago in late summer when I made my first trip abroad. Sylvia had booked a surprise holiday for the two of us on the Island of Elba, with the flight landing in Pisa airport. As the … Read More