We were motoring toward Stavanger when we awoke this morning - after the best night's sleep since we left home. It was a little rough last night, but only a little. After a lovely English breakfast we went ashore, did a little shopping and posted some mail. Tom went to the Petroleum Museum and I meandered over town buying souvenirs and strawberries!! (which are beautiful!!). We met up again in our restaurant for lunch. After lunch we met in the theatre with th...

Typical day at sea - woke up early, checked the girls emails in the computer centre. Had a beautiful breakfast (fresh fruit plate followed by smoked salmon and cream cheese on a bagel, with tomato juice! After brekky we had a look at the shops, then Tom attended a couple of lectures on shipping history in the theatre. I continued perusing the shops, then emailed the girls and met Tom in the pub at noon for the trivia quiz. That was fun - then lunch (crabmeat en...

This morning we had a leisurely breakfast - checkout was not until 12 noon so we were able to take our time. We requested a cab when we checked out and a lovely man came along and collected us. He'd been to Australia for the 2000 Olympics and had travelled to Uluru, Alice Springs, Darwin, Port Douglas etc, and New Zealand!!! Down at the docks we had to pass through security similar to airports and had to wait in a lounge before we could board. No upgrades this t...

This morning after a quick brekky we set off on our journey to Port Isaac, and what a journey!! The traffic was incredibly heavy - a lot of caravans on the road. One of the motorways we travelled on was more like a car park. We left Southampton at 8.30am and arrived at Port Isaac at1.30!!! Five hours!!! At Port Isaac you need to park your car on the outskirts of town and walk down to the village - really picturesque. We bought some sweets, had a Cornish beer and...

For today we paid an extra 3 pounds each for the English breakfast (thank heavens, the continental breakfast consisted of cornflakes and toast), and then caught the Bakerloo line from Paddington to Picadilly Circus, then the Picadilly line to Hyde Park Corner where it was just a short walk to the Hard Rock Cafe. After purchasing our items we returned to our hotel, retrieved our stored luggage and trundled back up to Paddington station to catch the train to Waterl...