Category: Cruises

Today, we arrived in Trondheim, our second port-of-call, so that would be another ‘day off’ and a lie-in; we were up at 9am, in time to enjoy a leisurely breakfast (breakfast ends at 10am). Once again, it was hot outside, not at all what we’d expected. There wasn’t much of a view from the balcony, mostly due to there being...

Today we arrived at our first port-of-call, Kristiansund We’ve been setting the alarm for 7.30am for the last two mornings, so it was nice to be able to have a bit of a lie-in and a leisurely breakfast. It was about 10.30am when we finally headed ashore. We liked the town immediately. It has a quiet, calm atmosphere about it,...

I’m pleased to say that after the excitement of the previous day, embarkation was something of a breeze. From our hotel in Waterbury (near Maidstone) to Dover Cruise Terminal is just under an hour’s drive (according to Google). Since embarkation wasn’t due to commence until 1pm, it gave us plenty of time to get breakfast somewhere, and perhaps indulge in...