It was an early start for this trip. We had to get up by 4am and out by 5am to catch the morning 7:30 flight with Jet2 to Venice. I didn't even realise that there was a 4am!! I can’t write much between getting up and reaching the airport, as I don’t remember!! In fact I don’t remember opening my eyes until we reached the terminal building then I remembered…hey we’re on us holidays!!Apparently, I had rang the 'Meet and Greet&#...

It's our final port of call, Marseille. We were not due in to port until 1pm. Roisin and I hadn’t decided what to do once the gangplank went down. Roisin, I hasten to add, referred to it as 'the gangplank’. I pointed out that this is a 133,500 ton state of the art cruise liner. It doesn’t have gangplanks!! The Mayflower, the Cutty Sark and those ships in the Onedin Line had ‘gangplanks’!!!The main reason why we hadn’t d...

It was a nice, bright morning. Our balcony was finally facing east as we headed toward Valencia. The sun was shining. The temperature was touching 20°C. It was gone 9am and we were ready for our breakfast. The Villa Verde restaurant is a waiter service and is much more civil than the free for all upstairs in the Bora Bora (been there) and Pago Pago (been there as well!!) self-service restaurants.However, for some reason, ordering a simple cup of coffee was an or...