Author: dolphingirl5092

I made it to just after 5 that morning. I got caught up online and read for a bit. Then I had another go at some sleep. I did wake up again just after 8. Graham was awake, too and we took our time to get ready. After a day that was jam packed with…

After a fairly good night, we were both awake at 4:30. There was no way I would go back to sleep. I continued to work on my trip report. Graham was also awake but went back to sleep. We got up just before 7:00 and took turns having a shower. Then we headed out. Now that we had worked out…

We had set our alarm for 7:30. I was awake a few minutes before then. I noticed that I had a lot of WhatsApp messages. I rarely use WhatsApp and was kind of surprised by this. It turned out they were from the owner of the guesthouse we were staying at in Vancouver providing the…

We had set the alarm for 09:00 and woke up just before then. We must have needed our beauty sleep. We took turns having a shower and packed the few odds and ends that we had unpacked. Then we headed downstairs to check out. The wait for the lift to go downstairs felt like the…

I had set the alarm for 06:00, but I was awake about 45 minutes earlier. I wish I would find it that easy to get up early when I have an early shift. Once the alarm went off, we got up. We took turns having a  shower and I packed the last odds and ends.…

When is a cruise not a cruise? When there is no ship. With four days left to go before leaving for this trip, we got some very worrying and decidedly unwelcome news. While on a repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver, our ship developed issues with both azipods, which is the propulsion system of the…

This is a bit of a departure from my usual blog posts, but it is very much linked to my travels. It is also a journey in its own right , both a journey of a very special piece of jewellery from an initial idea to the finished piece and a longer journey of self-discovery.…

Just like this, another cruise and another holiday were over. I always find it hard to get off a ship and fly straight home. At least we were not due to fly out until the evening and I had one last thing to look forward to. We had set the alarm for 07:00. When the…

We had another sea day and were in no particular rush. We were up a little earlier that day, but we still managed to sleep until around 08:30. We got up and ready and then headed to the crown lounge for breakfast. We had some coffee, fruit, and some pastries. As we were leaving, the…

We did not get up until nearly 09:00 that morning and it felt great. We grabbed a coffee and a pastry from the crown lounge and then we headed down to the Schooner Bar to snag a table. Ken joined us shortly afterwards and Laurie came just before morning trivia started. Ultimately Carol and Sandy joined us, too,…