Peter's Travel Blog

Today is the 207th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, apparently – Happy Trafalgar Day! The Captain’s daily ‘Believe it or Not’ is: Ants can pull about 30 times their own weight and lift 50 times their own weight, and; in the republic of Albania, a shake of the head means ‘yes’, and nodding your head means ‘no’.   We’re...

The sea isn’t particularly rough (there are no white horses), but there has been quite a hefty swell for most of the day as we’ve headed due North, with the coastline of Portugal visible over to our starboard side. The Black Watch has rocked and rolled quite considerably; the sick bags have been out, lining the stairwells, and I suspect...

Today, we arrived at Gibralltar. It was an early arrival (7am), but I didn’t emerge until gone 9am. It was cold and raining, and a little bit like being back home, if it wasn’t for the fact that when you looked out to look at the awful weather, there was the Rock of Gibraltar rising up majestically behind the town....

Today, we are at sea, heading towards our final port of call, Gibraltar, where we’re due to arrive early tomorrow morning.   This morning they advertised ‘Can’t Cook Won’t Cook’ out on the poolside deck at 10:30am, to be followed immediately by an ice carving demonstration. It’s an event I’ve seen done on pretty much all the cruises I’ve worked...

Today, we arrived in Palma de Mallorca. We didn’t arrive until lunchtime, so I spent the morning sorting out this month’s long overdue newsletter, and emerged just as the harbour came into view.   The first thing that should be said about the place is just how big the port is; there were at least a half a dozen cruise...