Safely on board the beautiful Oriana.Lovely cabin in our preferred location. Had a drink, afternoon tea, safety drill, pirate territories instructions and unpacked etc. Quite busy really! Oriana looks lovely after her refit tho things have moved on in cruise ship terms since we were so wowed by her almost 20 years ago. However not all the advances have been 'improvements' and The old girl still has a certain class and elegance (a bit like Carol and me! ) that is ...

Wonderful hotel with lots of restaurants. We have booked the revolving restaurant for tonight which should be good. We are going on a boat and coach trip round the city this pm. Currently sitting by the pool watching Ian swim! It is blowing a gale actually although very warm and there is plenty of sand in the air! The hotel has an amazing ice rink as well.