Author: dolphingirl5092

This was the day we were supposed to be in Valencia. However, because they suffered devastating flash floods in the surrounding area the week before the cruise, Royal Caribbean made the sensible decision to cancel the port stop in Valencia and replace it with Palma de Mallorca. We had been to Palma de Mallorca on…

We were up again around 7:00 and headed up to the Windjammer for some breakfast. The weather looked promising, and this meant that we would head to one of my ultimate happy places, the monastery of Montserrat. First, we needed some food though. Graham started with oatmeal with dried fruit and sugar. He then had some fruit…

Even though there was no element of jetlag this time, we were wide awake just before 7. We got up and ready and then headed upstairs for the Windjammer for some breakfast. It was surprisingly busy that early in the morning. We did however have no problem finding a seat. Graham had fruit followed by…

Day 2 I had a bit of a restless night, which was not helped either by the fact that we had somewhat noisy neighbours. Thankfully, Graham slept through it all. Shortly before 5:00 I got up to check if our ship had arrived. Unfortunately, there is no webcam, but the marine tracker showed that she was docked…

I had set an alarm for 4:30, but I was awake about 20 minutes earlier. I got up and decided to make use of the nice rainfall shower. By the time I had showered and dried off, the alarm was about to go off. Graham got up and got ready. I got dressed and packed…

  After over a year of planning, it was time to embark on the next big adventure. I had packed very early by my standards due to the shifts I was on that week. I then ended up partially repacking when I came home from my late shift the previous day as I had changed my mind…

It is a bit unusual to start a trip report at the end rather than at the beginning. Sadly, there is a good reason for this. While Graham and I were sitting at New York JFK airport waiting for our flight home, a dear friend and her husband were involved in a serious car accident…

When circumstances stop me travelling for any length of time,  once I can travel again, I tend to do slightly crazy stuff. In early 2022, once travelling within Europe became easier again after the pandemic, I decided to take a day trip to Disneyland Paris. This year, I was on medical house arrest for two…

Sometimes a restless night has its advantages. I was up and down like a yo-yo again. I read for part of the time I was awake, but I also did some research about what we could to with the half day we had left. Originally, I had planned to revisit an old favourite, the Street…

After another fairly restless night, I gave up around 7:00 and got up. I got showered and dressed. Graham was awake when I came out of the bathroom. He got ready, too. Then we headed down for breakfast. We both had coffee and juice. Graham had yoghurt, berry compote and a croissant. I had a waffle and…