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I got woken up by the church bells again but just turned over and went back to sleep. We woke up around 08:00 and got ready. While I was in the shower, Graham packed his few odds and ends. I packed my last few things and then we headed downstairs for breakfast. The breakfast room was packed.…

I was briefly woken up at 06:00 by the church bells calling the monks to the first service of the day. Normally, this would probably have irritated me, but on this occasion, it put a smile on my face. I also heard an owl hooting in the woodland in front of our window. I did fall asleep…

As I so often do before a morning flight, I had slept in stops and starts. Still, I got a decent amount of sleep. At 05:30, I decided it was time to get up. I went to have a shower. When our alarm went off at 06:00, Graham had a quick shower, too while I rounded up…

And just like this, the next trip had arrived. It often takes a little while for it to sink in that I am on holiday, especially when I am working right up to the time we are leaving. For some reason, this time it felt even more surreal than normal. As much as I hate…

This was the final part of the puzzle that our travels this year had become. When we were on my birthday cruise last year, we had booked a four-night cruise on Allure of the Seas out of Barcelona for April. Before we booked this, I had made sure that this did not clash with Easter.…

We had nowhere to be until 12:30 that day when we were meeting our friends for lunch at Disney Village. I had set the alarm for 09:30 and we woke up just ahead for the alarm going off. We got up and got dressed. The hotel had a pool. Graham had decided to check it…

I had set the alarm for 09:30 but was awake just before 09:00. I got up and had a quick shower. I said goodbye to Graham and then I headed out. I was not sure how busy the shuttle bus would be, and I figured it would be better to get to the shuttle bus…

This year has been a funny year in terms of travelling. For the most part, we had a trip planned every two months starting in February. We did not plan it like this on purpose. It just so happened that what we wanted to do, fell like this.  We did however have a four months…

I had originally planned to do a comparison for the cruise lines like I did when we jumped ship from Disney Cruise Line to Royal Caribbean (spoiler: we are not jumping ship). Then I thought that even though the cruise was a very important part of this trip, there was so much more to it.…

All good things always come to an end. This was not just the end of our cruise, but it was also the end of the holiday. When our alarm went off at 07:00, we were still moving. I was somewhat surprised by this as the first departure group was supposed to get off at 07:00. We were…