Month: July 2022

An earlier start is just the first of many insults to the soul that happen on disembarkation day, as any regular cruiser […]

Now we’ve started something, chef Julius in Patio Grill insists on cooking us something special each morning. Today we’re on breakfast burritos […]

Western Med 2022 – Day 19 – July 26 With only two sea days on this entire vacation, there’s hardly been a […]

After breakfast at the patio grill, we get off in town, literally – we’re parked just a few yards from the centre […]

Back in Africa for the second time in three days, today is quite a different experience.  We’re in Melilla, Spanish Morocco. Which […]

Birthday celebrations commence at the poolside grill at breakfast, with Mimosas (Buck’s Fizz) and alongside what we have ordered comes a birthday […]

First time in Tangier for over forty years, I can only remember the Kazbar for being the most extraordinarily chaotic place ever. […]

Back in Blighty for the day, the weather is as one might expect – overcast and cooler. At least to start, although […]

Last time we came to Cádiz, we drove – it’s a spur like Sandbanks in Dorset, connected by just a strip of […]

When Shakespeare coined the phrase “salad days” he probably didn’t have in mind a Mediterranean cruise, but somehow this expression is what […]