Category: Spirit of Discovery

Today, we arrived in the port of Marghera, and we had 11am tickets for the shuttle boat to take us into Venice, which meant we had plenty of time for a bit of a lie-in and a leisurely breakfast. At 11am, we climbed on board the shuttle boat and enjoyed a slow transit to the big city, which took us...

Today, we arrived in Rovinj, in Croatia. To be precise, we dropped anchor in the bay (which woke us up because we’re right at the front of the ship, I have to say), so that guests could be taken ashore by tender boat, a short ride of about 10 minutes, on a relatively calm, flat sea. Having been on ships...

Today, we arrived at our second Croatian port, Split. Apart from some basic research on Tracey’s part, we weren’t entirely sure what to expect. As it happens, we were pleasantly surprised. We arrived at about 8am. With the ship berthed at the quay along its starboard side (right), our cabin being situated on the port side (left) and having had...

Today, we arrived in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the first of five back-to-back port days. it was nice not having to be up at the crack of dawn to set up the art class; instead, we had a leisurely breakfast and was out on the quayside in time to catch the 10am shuttle bus to the Old Town, roughly 3.5km away (so,...