We are off! Just on our way to Heathrow.... catch you later down under!

Blog time!Having given the folks the scare of their lives we finally set sail toward the Canary Islands at around 16:30 yesterday afternoon.The doors which separate our balconies from the folks have been opened and we, once again, have a nice space to sit and watch the scenery go by. Yesterday evening was spent looking around the shops....there is an Effy Jewellery place on this ship too but David was thrilledto learn that nothing leapt out at me this year. The...

First full day on board the Caribbean Princess. Just a quick blog to describe the highlights of our first full day on board the ship. David and I think that Gary and Barbara were blown away by just how large the ship is! Our cabins are next door to one another on the aft with adjoining balconies.  The room steward, Piotre, has opened the dividing door so that we have one large balcony where we can all sit.The next three days are at sea and this gives us a f...

So, the flight time has changed from 5.30 to  "closer to nine" hours. Every year David tells me some random time for the flight hoping to keep me nice and calm and not anxious. Every year I believe these random times!  Will update more when we actually arrive in Miami and then Florida. Cannot wait to get out of this cold air! 

Apart from the very small baby who screamed for almost the entire 11 hr flight.....it was quite peaceful. Ok ok it was not....the baby screamed constantly and some ginger haired brat sat behind karen continually kicked the back of her seat. Apart from those minor distractions, the flight was very calm and went quite quickly!. We arrived safely in Los Angeles California.