So we drove down to the airport and parked our car in a parking station, checked in and boarded our Emirates flight in a very crowded Airbus. The seats are very close together. When we arrived in Dubai it was 32 degrees outside at 6am!! I bought an Aladdin's lamp (like the little one I'd bought previously) then we caught our next flight, in a Boeing (thank heavens). I sat next to a woman who'd flown out from London to Dubai for a 2-day party!! On to Heathrow w...

What can I say? We've been wanting to see Scandinavia for so long - put it off when one of our daughters was getting married and now, two weeks before we were due to fly out, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. We managed to get in to see the oncologist 3 days before departure and he isn't able to operate until the week before we get back anyway, so we decided to continue with our trip, and have the surgery as soon as we return. He said it wouldn't make much di...

This morning we rose at 5am and had an early breakfast. As we ate our brekky, watching the city go by, we sailed past the Statue of Liberty!! We finished packing up and treked down to the Queen's Room for our 7.30am depature - finally off the ship at about 8am. As we exited the terminal there was a man organising transport. We told him we were getting a cab to Newark (we had been told by the Purser's Desk that this should cost us $75) and he told us we could go...

What a sad day - packing and preparing to leave our wonderful holiday. I am not looking forward to the flight home - 19 hours in the air plus transit time - not good. But we are soooo much looking forward to being back home -back to our real life. We had a leisurely morning - packing and catching up on emails, and a nap before this morning's cocktail party. We went to the Cunard World Club Cocktail party and chatted with a lady from Brisbane, and another from N...