Saga Sapphire Mediterranean Cruise Blog Part 3

It’s been all go since my last blog – let me start with Civitavecchia. I have been to the port of Civitavecchia many times and visited Rome 7 years ago in the summer season, so needless to say I was in no rush to do it again. Instead, I opted for a tour to Tivoli…

Saga Sapphire Mediterranean Cruise Blog Part 2

Well, we are in the Mediterranean and it is HOT! Since my last update we have had a sea day or two and a few port days, the first of which was Gibraltar. I opted for the morning dolphin watching tour in Gibraltar and I am so glad that I did! It was absolutely fantastic…

Saga Sapphire Mediterranean Cruise Countdown

It’s nearing that time again, ocean adventure time, and I have an 18-night date with Saga Sapphire coming up in the Mediterranean! Yes, I am going back to the lovely, blue and white lady next week – I will meet her in Dover on Wednesday afternoon and I can’t wait. I had such a good…

Norwegian Cruise Line 2016/2017 Itineraries

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced its 2016/2017 cruise schedule, with highlights including Harvest Caye, its new island destination in Belize. San Juan, Puerto Rico is also back as a homeport for Norwegian Gem, and Norwegian Escape will offer various 6-and-8-night Caribbean sailings from Miami. All itineraries for the new schedule go on general sale in the…

Hello! From Somewhere In The Sea!

Good morning from somewhere in the sea! We are on our second sea day today and have tomorrow morning at sea before we reach Gibraltar tomorrow late morning/early afternoon. It’s been quite choppy since we left Southampton and although our Officer of the Watch told us an hour ago that the sea state is rough…

Regal Princess Welcomes Passengers For Maiden Voyage

The newest ship to join the Princess Cruises fleet, Regal Princess, arrived in Venice today to welcome guests on its maiden voyage. Regal Princess is sister ship to Royal Princess, which was launched last year by HRH, The Duchess of Cambridge. The new ship, the 18th in the Princess Cruises fleet, has: · Capacity for…

My Three Favourite Places

I have a page on my blog titled ‘My Travels’ and it is pretty much self-explanatory. It’s a list of all the places I have been lucky enough to visit and I add more as I go along. Out of all the places I have visited so far, there are one or two that really…

P&O Cruises 2014 World Cruises

P&O Cruises is offering three world cruises for 2014, collectively visiting 81 unique destinations in 41 different countries, covering 97,834 nautical miles. Arcadia and Aurora are both sailing full world circumnavigations while Adonia is cruising specifically in Asia with a port-rich itinerary. All sail roundtrip from Southampton. There are seven new ports of call on…