Ask any well-cruised persons if they’ve ever been to Naples, and the chances are they’ll say that the ship docked in Naples, while they went on to visit Pompeii or Capri or the Herculaneum. Few will say that they explored Naples itself. For that reason, when we found ourselves docked in Napoli (to give it…
Got up this morning just after eight o’clock as usual, and went out on our balcony for a look around. As expected, we could see miles of blue sea, with one or two ships passing as distant entities on the horizon. The sea didn’t look as calm as it had been, there were tiny cresting…
While we were still asleep this morning, the Queen Victoria boarded her pilot and was navigated through the winding Bay of Kotor, before being manoeuvred alongside her berth. The Bay of Kotor is approximately 28 kilometres long and only 340 metres wide at its narrowest point. Many people who have sailed into the bay liken it…
The weather was bright and fine when we looked out on our balcony this morning; hopefully there’d be no more rain for the remainder of our cruise. The Queen Victoria had recently docked in the port of Dubrovnik. We’d last been here in 2003 on the Norwegian Crown, so were happy to be back in this magical walled…
OUR PEARL (30th) WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Masquerade! Paper faces on paradeMasquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find youMasquerade! Every face a different shadeMasquerade! Look around, there’s another mask behind you From “The Phantom of the Opera” Trevor and I were married on 15th October 1988, so today we were celebrating our 30th wedding…
When we woke up this morning, the Queen Victoria was docked in another maiden port, that of Rijeka, Croatia. Rijeka is the country’s principal sea port, located on the Kvarner Bay. It is Croatia’s third largest city after Zagreb and Split. Because of Rijeka’s strategic position and deep waters, the port was historically significant, formerly…
Ah… Venice. What can I possibly say about Venice that hasn’t already been said? We got up at the usual time this morning, went up to the Lido self-service and enjoyed a good breakfast as usual, before going out onto the pool deck to have a look around. As well as the Queen Victoria and…
“I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand.“– Lord Byron Got up this morning as usual just after 8.00am to another bright and sunny morning; this time in the amazing Venice. We had last been here on the Norwegian Crown in 2003, so we were excited…
The alarm woke us with a start at 6.45am, and we went out onto our balcony into the cool morning air and watched the sun rise over the distant mountains and hills of Slovenia – our 85th country. 😊 The Queen Victoria had dropped anchor off the picturesque town of Piran, a maiden port of…
We got up around eight o’clock as usual, and eagerly went out onto our balcony to look around. The Queen Victoria was just about ready to dock in the port of Split, Croatia. Split is Croatia’s second largest city after Zagreb, the capital. It was originally a trading post established by Greek settlers and is…
