Category: Amazon, Caribbean and Azores

Today, we arrived in Lisbon, Portugal. After my problems at breakfast yesterday, this morning couldn’t have been more different. I’d set my alarm for 7:30am, to be up and in Marcos by 8am, as I’d been assigned tour escort duty, which would mean being shoreside by 9am. At 8am, as I entered Marcos, the sun was just minutes away from...

Marco’s Bistro is an informal, self-service eatery. It’s where I prefer to eat, instead of the more formal ‘Waldorf Restaurant’, downstairs on Deck 6. For passengers, they have a choice; they can eat in either. What tends to happen a few days into the cruise, after eating breakfast in the formal surroundings of the Waldorf, is that many passengers suddenly...

You can nearly always rely on the Bay of Biscay to make things interesting, and today, it didn’t disappoint. Breakfasters in the Marco Polo bistro did the Biscay Dance as the ship rocked and rolled, occasionally quite violently. No… I’ll retract that; in the grand ‘Rough Sea Scale of Things’, ‘Violent’ or ‘Aggressive’ should be preserved for the sort of...

“So how’s your day been?” “Thanks for asking, mysterious disconnected voice in my head conducting an imaginary interview…. My day’s gone something like this…” Alarm went off at 8am, dozed until just before 9am, then dragged myself out of bed, got dressed and headed upstairs to Marcos for breakfast. I went out on deck, but only briefly; the sun was...

This morning, an art and crafts display was held in the Reception area; this was an opportunity for the craft tutors to make ourselves known to the passengers and plant the idea in their heads that one thing they might want to do during their long cruise is to engage in some creative pursuits. I’m pleased to report that the...