Category: Mediterranean

Today, we have been rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, in Cannes in the South of France. Well… maybe not the famous, but definitely the rich, and when I say ‘rubbing shoulders with’, I’m probably exaggerating slightly; more drooling at, from an appropriately safe distance. Cannes, of course, is the setting for the famous annual film festival which happens...

This morning, at around 7am, we arrived in Barcelona, the Capital city of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain. We hadn’t been given any tour escorting duties today, so we had the day to ourselves; neither Tracey or myself have been to Barcelona before, so we were looking forward to the prospect of exploring somewhere new. After a...

It’s been another relaxing day at sea. The weather has been sunny and warm, although the upper decks have been a little on the windy side, as it has been for the last couple of days. Once again, my class was scheduled for this afternoon at 2pm, so breakfast was leisurely, and the morning was spent editing video and photographs...

Today, we have been at sea again, and I had a class this afternoon. Following the chaos of the last class, Housekeeping provided us with heavy-duty crowd control barriers. Not only that; they’d pre-arranged the tables more or less exactly how we wanted them (Housekeeping is awesome, and we love them…). Needless to say, the class was far more orderly,...

Today, we arrived at our first port-of-call, Lisbon, in Portugal. Both Tracey and I were on tour escort duty; Tracey went off to ‘The Southern Hills’, while I enjoyed ‘Lisbon City Highlights and Estoril’. I must confess we metaphorically drew straws to see who should do what. In the end, Tracey got the Southern Hills because it featured a few...