After a tiring (and trying) day we slept a little later and had a late breakfast. Just as well there is one dining area which is still serving breakfast up to 11am.Busy day of dance classes Quickstep and Salsa in the morning and Swing Jive in the afternoon.Very good young teachers (brother and sister), As usual I know what I'm supposed to be doing but Danuta says I don't give her the same lead twice. Good posture and style but the steps not in the righ...

In Southampton for the start of our cruise on the Ventura to Greek Islands. We woke up to a beautiful sunny morning and hope this augurs well for the cruise.After breakfast we walked around Southampton because we are not due at the cruise terminal until 3 pm. Big shopping centre but temptations are resisted and we settled for a coffee and cake as a late morning snack. There will plenty of food later when we get on board.Taxi picked us up from the hotel at 2:15...

The last port of call and it was dull this morning as we berthed in Lisbon harbour. Arrival time was too early to go on deck and capture the sights of the Christ the Redeemer statue, the suspension bridge and the Henry the Navigator statue.Off the boat at half ten and had a leisurely stroll into centre of Lisbon. Ready for a coffee by the time we flitted in an out of the wine shops which were offering tasting of their wares. Plenty of port and Madeira wine to ...

We are sailing through the day to arrive at Funchal, Madeira. The scheduled arrival time is 8pm which will leave us a couple of hours after dinner to get the party into full swing in the run up to the bells at midnight.It was quite a rough sea all the way from Tenerife. No luck again in the carpet bowls or for that matter in the quiz/ brain teaser/ scattegories games.