Today we are in Croatia. Spectacular view from our balcony as the short sailed up the Croatian Coast. Our destination was Dubrovnik - but we only had 5 hours to explore. As we had previously visited the Old City in 2012, we decided to walk around areas we hadn't seen before. The ship docked quite a way from the 'wall' with it bring about an hours walk so we were happy to grab a map and see what there was to discover. We followed the water around to a beautiful pe...

Enjoyment of a day at sea is always determined by the weather. If rainy - then indoor activities, on this ship in particular, are limited and it can be a very very long and boring day. That is of course for those of us who can't just 'relax' on the balcony and just soak up the serenity! Thankfully the sun was shining and we looked forward to a fun filled day. Brekky, gym, steam room, pool lolling, late lunch, Formula 1 car driving (johns fave part of the day ), n...

John and I quickly erased the bad memories of the dreaded 'organised tour' by preparing for the Cocktail party being hosted by the Captain for us high flyers in the Yacht Club:) In actual fact we weren't that excited but thought we would head in early, and I cut looked like being a little 'lame' we would escape out the side door. Well you would have thought the Queen, or in this case, the King was about to arrive. A welcome party of 8 standing at the door, waiter...

Have I mentioned before how much I hate organised tours? Well today was a doozy! Ephesus is one hour by bus from the terminal so rather than hiring a private tour which runs the risk of arriving back to port late, we opted for the tour organised by the cruise. We weren't alone in our thoughts as 21 bus loads of passengers chugged off at 9.00. Well who knew that Turkey had the best in the world of so many things - our guide Ali of course! He started talking on the...

Another magic day weather wise. Lazy breakfast on deck 18, then walked into town. Our first steps on Greek soil. Beautiful little beach town (although I use that word lightly as it was the pebbly variety, unlike our beautiful sandy beach at home). We had no organised tour for the day so just wandered aimlessly. Lots of lovely little waterside cafés, all with free wifi so was a good opportunity to phone home to catch up on all the news. Ran into Lu and Tony who s...