Category: Marco Polo

  Today, we arrived in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria. It was a day in which we hadn’t been given any tour escorting duties, so we had it all to ourselves. After a leisurely breakfast, we took a walk into town. There were five other cruise ships in port, including Fred Olsen’s Boudicca and two P&O ships...

Today, we arrived in Lanzarote, an island that stands out as being very different in character to many of the other Canary Islands on account of its high density of volcanoes and close proximity to the coast of Africa. Having only an average of about three days of rain per year; it’s a very dry island, and warm, but not...

Today, we are at sea again. The going is relatively smooth, and it was nice to take a walk around the open deck after breakfast. A cool, brisk breeze meant we didn’t stay out there very long, however. We spend the rest of the mornning in Scott’s Bar, writing blogs and looking photographs that we’ve taken. This afternoon’s class was...

Today, we arrived at our first port of call, Lisbon. It was cool out, first thing, but not uncomfortably so. More importantly, it was nice to be able to set foot on terra firma after three days sailing. We awoke to find ourselves parked at the Apollonia Cruise Terminal, alongside the P&O ship, Ventura and Cunard’s Queen Victoria; two massive...

I can’t remember the last time I worked on Christmas Day. All things considered, the day went rather well. It’s not like there was a lack of things for people to do; almost every concievable activity was laid on throughout the day, proceeded by the word ‘Christmas’, to give them a festive flavour. The good news is; the weather has...