Well, after yesterday’s fiasco for Di she woke feeling a little better and being able to inhale air without exhaling chunks of her lungs. She decided it a good idea to be a Tommy the tourist for the day so we set out at 8.00am for the Hop on Hop Off bus. When we last … More Monday 22nd May – Helsinki, Finland

Good day for Fras and shitty day of Di. Di has been fighting with a “cruise cough” for the last three days and unfortunately it has turned into bronchitis with the icing on the cake being asthma. So she spent the day resting up and spending of money in the medical centre on the boat. … More Sunday 21st May – St Petersburg, Day 2

One very busy and looong day indeed. We were off the tub and into immigration by 7.30am. It was all very thorough with everyone of us getting the full head to toe check out by the severely composed Russian guard. Got onto our small private tour and took off to the centre of the city … More Saturday 20th May – St Petersburg, Day 1

What a great day. New country and just the best of weather to travel. We arrived into Tallinn at 8.00am. But before we start on today let us go back to yesterday evening. Since we have been on board they have been promoting Faberge eggs++++. There is an interesting history behind them and the original … More Friday 19th May – Tallinn, Estonia

We are making our way from Warnemunde to Tallinn in Estonia today. We will berth about 8.am in the morning. The seas are amazingly calm but pretty cool with a light wind. Today is a day of rest where we catch up on a few bits and pieces such as washing and blog notes. We … More Thursday 18th May – Sea Day – Baltic Sea

Warnemunde und Rostock (this is not a spelling mistake – but German). Today we arrived in Germany after an overnight trip from Copenhagen. The town is called Warnemunde. It is a old East German seaside town which was a popular with those from the East when they could have a break and come to the … More Wednesday 17th May – Warnemunde and Rostock

Arrived into Copenhagen about 6.00am today. This is an extremely busy day for all the crew as they have to get about 3,400 passengers with all their luggage off and then the same on again all in under 10 hours. Don’t forget about all the cleaning of their cabins and the loading of the food!!! … More Tuesday 16th May – Copenhagen

Not much to report for our final sea day on the first cruise. We think some people can’t wait to get off quick enough but it really has settled down. We had calm seas but we were going in and out of these fairly dense foggy spots which resulted in Captain Woger getting on the … More Monday 15 th May – Final Sea Day on first cruise

So, we were successful in getting down to Hilversum today by 9.38am. As you can gather, it meant an early start for us.     Love how the trains here have free Wifi so got to catch up on emails and post yesterday’s blog. Got a good giggle about the Wifi connection in the train … More Sunday 14th May – Day Leave – Rotterdam to Hilversum and Return

So, things appear to be on the improve cruise wise. We left Southhampton at midnight to cruise to Rotterdam. As we are behind time we will be bypassing the Zeebrugge stop. We thought to ourselves that it would take about two hours to get to the white cliffs of Dover so we would unfortunately miss … More Saturday 13th May – Things are on the Up and Up