Itinerary

Itinerary

Despite the promise of diverse itineraries, ours really isn’t that different to the usual Caribbean itinerary. The good news is we get to see a new country – the Dominican Republic. We were planning to go there on our Virgin Voyages cruise last year, but missed it due...
Prologue

Prologue

Until about 2 months ago I had not really thought about the new cruise line, Explora Journeys. Yes, I had been inundated with their marketing materials, but I must admit that I get sooooo many marketing emails on a daily basis, all of their promotional material went...
Queen Mary 2 Day 22

Queen Mary 2 Day 22

April 28th, 2023 Southampton to the US For the first time in a very long time we had breakfast in the dining room, and jolly good it was too. We usually have to go to the Kings Court and Carinthia for breakfast as the dining room is long closed by the time we venture...
Queen Mary 2 Day 21

Queen Mary 2 Day 21

April 27th, 2023 Southampton Today was another cold and rainy one. We decided to skip the Isle of White, and instead blow all of our OBC in the spa. Well I did anyway. It was OBC well spent. I had fallen in love with a scarf in the Liberty shop on board, but it was...
Queen Mary 2 Day 20

Queen Mary 2 Day 20

April 26th, 2023 Southampton The Daily Programme Port Highlights has a description of Southampton on the front page. This has been the same since Sunday.  I am thinking of offering to try to make it more interesting, reading exactly the same prose every day is boring....