Peter's Travel Blog

Yesterday proved to be, literally, the calm before the storm. Although the sea had a bit of swell all day, it was nothing compared to what was to come.   The Captain came across the PA system in the middle of my first class of the afternoon announcing that the large storm heading from the West, was due to reach...

Today has been a sea day, and with news of another big storm coming in from the West, the Captain made an announcement at lunchtime telling us that another change has had to be made to the itinerary; tomorrow’s stop in Lisbon has been cancelled, to give us the chance of beating the storm before it hits the Bay of...

Today, we arrived in Funchal Madeira, or to be more precise, we anchored just outside the port of Madeira, since all the berths had been allocated to other ships (P&O Aurora, Fred Olsen Balmoral and Saga Sapphire). Apparently, berths in Funchal, on New Year’s Eve, have to be booked 6 years in advance, so someone just wasn’t quite quick enough...

Today we landed in La Palma. I’ll confess; It wasn’t the island that I’d been envisaging; having been this way before, I was pretty sure I knew them well, but now I think that the island I’ve had in my mind’s eye is Gran Canaria – which is not on the itinerary this time around.   When we did arrive,...

Today, we arrived in Tenerife.   Although it was a little overcast, and cool out on deck, to start with, the clouds dispersed throughout the morning, with blue skies by lunchtime.   We had no specific plans for Tenerife other than to head ashore and take a walk around, seeing whatever there was to see. A free shuttle bus took...