Copenhagen with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

This wonderful cruise is sadly coming to an end, we are making our Kiel Canal transit today, at sea tomorrow and we then arrive into Dover on Thursday morning. I really am sad to be thinking about getting off. I feel like I have been on Braemar for a lot longer than two weeks and…

St Petersburg and Tallinn With Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

As I type I am sitting on the open deck enjoying a gorgeous day at sea. The weather today has been absolutely perfect and many passengers are taking the opportunity to relax in the fresh air, read, chat or just watch the world go by. Its days like today that money can’t buy! Since my…

Kiel, Travemunde and Stockholm with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

Hello from the sunny and warm Baltic Sea! As you have gathered we have a sea day today before our call in St Petersburg, Russia, tomorrow and the weather at present is absolutely perfect! Warm and sunny and the open decks are alive with people enjoying the summer weather. Since my last check-in with you…

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Braemar – My First Impressions

I boarded Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Braemar in Dover yesterday and as I have now been aboard for 24-hours I thought it would be a good time to do a first impressions blog – So here goes! Braemar is one of the smallest ships I have cruised on, but she certainly has a big heart…

Best Family Cruise Lines

  I don’t have children, but I did take my sister on a cruise with me back in 2010. She was 12 at the time and loved every minute of it! She is 16 now but would still tell you that her cruise on Ventura was one of the best experiences of her life. She…

Costa Diadema To Offer 500m Walkway With Bars And Restaurants

Costa Cruises’ new flagship, Costa Diadema, will be christened in Genoa on 7 November 2014 and will offer cruisers a new way of experiencing the Mediterranean. As the Regina del Mediterraneo (Queen of the Mediterranean Sea), Costa Diadema will offer large, split-level, conveniently-interconnected rooms that directly overlook the sea, evoking the atmosphere of a buzzing…

Secrets To A successful Family Reunion At Sea

The CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) recently issued a press release on how to make the most of your family reunion at sea, and having recently returned from a cruise where several of my fellow passengers were on such a trip, I thought it would be a good piece of information to share with you….

Two Weeks Until The Baltic And Braemar

  Two weeks today and I shall be on my way to Dover to join Fred. Olsen’s, Braemar for a 14-night Baltic Festivals cruise. This will be my first experience with Fred. Olsen and my first trip to the Baltic so if I told you I was only a little excited I would be lying,…

A Day Aboard Marco Polo

Yesterday I found myself back onboard Cruise & Maritime Voyages, Marco Polo, and the sun was shining for her arrival in Port of Tyne. I spent 3-nights aboard this wonderful little ship in October of last year and I was excited to be meeting with her once again, even if it was for just a…