Life's about experiences. These are mine.
So today was our last day at sea sailing over night from Montenegro back to Greece to leave our floating hotel for one on terra firma. The whole cruise operation is a slick one and with a ratio of two guests to every crew member it is hard not find someone no matter where you …
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I’m going to try and sound less like a card carrying UKIP member today… The final stop on the cruise before returning back to Corfu was Kotor in Montenegro. We had read that the sail into port was the closest you could get to the Norwegian fjords without actually going there but had to be …
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Our second day in Croatia was spent in Dubrovnik, somewhere we have been wanting to visit for many years. Today we were berthed some three miles away from the old town and we had three transport options: local bus, taxi or Shanks’s pony and we chose the former. Like sheep we followed everyone else off …
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Today we started to wind our way down back down the coast towards our final destination of Corfu with a stop at Split, Croatia. Unlike Venice yesterday, today the boat docked within walking distance of the old part of the city so we were able to have a leisurely start to the day. Like many …
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This is the only stop on the cruise where we have been before, albeit some time ago, not that Venice is ever going to change that much. Last time we were here I came away decidedly unimpressed, for reasons I cannot really explain. This time I was wowed. I’m fickle like that. We were taken …
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The first “proper” day of the cruise was a stop in Koper, Slovenia and, no, I hadn’t heard of it before either. Looking out from the boat it looked a grey day and stepping off onto shore we found that there was a stiff breeze blowing keeping it pretty cool. Having done our homework we …
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I’d like to say that I slept well and awoke rested but I didn’t. This was probably due to the novelty of sleeping alone, or at least that is what I am telling Helen. I remember all the years we took the overnight ferry to France how it was noisy and, occasionally, rough making sleep …
It was with mixed feelings that I left home for holiday this morning. Normally I would be looking froward for a break but today our departure coincided with something I enjoy equally – tech. I had ordered a new iPhone knowing that it would be released today but hoped that the parcel would be delivered …
As someone who thinks that the best place for royalty is on a stamp or coin it was strange to find myself on a tour around Buckingham Palace and gardens but the place isn’t open that often and I wanted to see just exactly where my 56p pence was going. I’m sure you will be …
It’s time once again for the annual Heritage Open Days when interesting places all over the country open their doors as payback for public money received. Last year I went into the Reading Abbey, which is normally closed to visitors, and this year I went to the Reading Museum stores. Here are held all the …
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