Category: Cruises

Today, we arrived in Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote, and parked alongside Fred Olsen’s Balmoral. Since the quayside was quite some distance from the town, a shuttle bus was provided. The last time we visited (on the Marco Polo, way back in 2019), we were berthed much closer, and was able to walk in. Once we’d left the shuttle...

Casablanca was followed by one day at sea. Today, we arrived in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. No other ships were in port so we had the quayside to ourselves. We’ve been here several times before so we’re familiar with it and pretty much had a plan already laid out for the day. Our traditional route is to walk through...

Hot on the heels of Cadiz comes Casablanca, a place neither of us has been to before, and what a different experience it turned out to be. We were a little torn between taking the shuttle bus into the city or walking to the big mosque which could be seen from the ship. To be clear; the mosque is a...

Today, we arrived at our first port-of-call, Cadiz in Spain (pronounced Car-dees). Not having to set the alarm to be up at the crack of dawn was bliss, and even nicer – after enjoying a lesiurely breakfast – to step ashore and feel the ground beneath our feet. I’ve been to Cadiz before, many years ago, and don’t remember it;...

By hook or by croook, we seem to be managing with the painting kits that we have available. Fortunately, several guests have even brought their own kits… we love guests with their own kits. It isn’t unusual for Sunday morning classes to be a little bit quiet, on account of the sunday service that takes place in the Playhouse theatre,...