Peter's Travel Blog

There’s a bit of a keen wind today which is making the going a little rough. In the morning, the front end of the ship was closed off to passengers – it opened later, but I’ve been up there a couple of times, and it’s been a cold and breezy place to stand and watch the world from. There’s been...

It’s been another glorious day at sea. I spent most of it (the morning, at least) in the cabin, working, though, and only surfaced at lunchtime. What struck me was how humid it was; very hot to be sure, but also very humid – a sticky heat…   After lunch, I spent a while at the front of the ship...

I was up in the library when I heard the murmurs; several people talking in hushed tones about something occuring – no-one quite knowing what – but big…   It turns out, we’d stopped and turned around; several hours after leaving Crete, we were…. approaching Crete. Hungry for information, I headed outside, in time to see loads of people all...

Today, we arrived in Heraklion, on the Greek island of Crete. It’s been a bit of a weird day, really; mostly because Tracey left the ship for home (we’re having to eek out her leave so that she can join me on the Marco Polo Amazon cruise in January – so it’s back to work for her tomorrow morning). We...

Today was our first sea-day after a marathon of port stops, which meant a bit of a lie-in… very welcome.   I spent most of the morning painting in the cabin, but we’d also both been asked to attend a pre-lunch cocktail party due to start at 11:15am. It was a special party organised for what Fred Olsen call their...