Breakfast slightly earlier than yesterday.Quickstep class part 2, remembered the steps from yesterday and managed the additions to the routine with great success.Familiarised ourselves with the layout of the ship and generally lazed around before a light lunch. It has been sunny all day so spent a lot of the afternoon out on deck apart from attending the Swing jive class part 2. Again a success.Casual dress code tonight. Dancing again but stopped at 1030 and...

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...

Danuta says I've to do the blog for a change so these are George's thoughts. Arrived at Perth Station at 23:30 on the 20th, the train arrived minutes later. Cabin very cramped so luggage was put into next door empty cabin by attendant. Rebuked by attendant for not asking for it to be put in proper place of guard's van. Holiday nearly off to a bad start when Danuta rolled over in her bunk and promptly fell off onto to the floor. Luckily only her p...

Docked at Invergordon this morning. Just walking about the town. The murals on the walls are quite attractive. Popped into the craft fair. Thought we might as well have lunch ashore but couldn't get near a cafe with wifi so just using the mobile data. After lunch walked about a little more and then back to the ship.