Where Is Safarigal?

January 26th, 2024 It was a very hazy morning, it was difficult to see anything out of our cabin, but we were still in Casablanca and excited to head out on our Iconic Casablanca tour. After the chaos of yesterday’s tour we were hoping for things to go more...

Thursday, January 25th, 2024 Casablanca. Morocco Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? Would you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express? They're taking me to Marrakesh Except we are in a coach and not taking the train from Casablanca going...

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 Agadir, Morocco Today we arrived in Morocco. It is a new country for us. It sounds so mysterious and romantic. I couldn’t wait to go ashore. Then I realized that one of my sandals was broken. I had gone to all the trouble of having a...

January 23rd, 2024 At Sea The day did not start off well, and in fact by midmorning I was declaring “never again on Fred’, however, things did improve. It was a sea day, and time to do the laundry. I bought my token from Guest Services and went to the launderette....

January 22nd, 2024 Funchal, Madeira We picked up our pilot at 9:00 and slowly made our way to the port in Funchal, cruising along the beautiful coastline. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, it had the makings of the perfect day to be a tourist. We docked at 11:00,...

January 21st, 2024 At Sea There must be a bit of a swell because although the ocean looks perfectly calm we are rolling from side to side. It is not an unpleasant sensation, in fact I love it, and love the creaking, although some are complaining. Talking about...

January 20th, 2024 At Sea Hopefully it wasn’t related to bopping the night away, but we were awoken in the middle of the night by the announcement of a “Code Alpha” in one of the cabins. A code alpha is ship speak for a medical emergency. It’s so worrisome when...

January 19th, 2024 At Sea We woke up in the Bay of Biscay. Although not quite a millpond, it is certainly not rough at all. There is hardly any movement on board the ship, Brian was up early and worked out in the gym like a good lad. I was still working on greeting...

It was a very cold, but sunny morning. We arrived at City Cruise Terminal just before 11:30 and at 11:30 the check in process began. We were called to check in according to the colour of our luggage labels (we were blue), and were able to go straight to the check...

We are in Southampton, ready to board the Fred Olsen ship Balmoral in the morning. This is the first time we have been in Southampton when we are not about to board a Cunard Queen. I think to myself; I would like to be boarding a Cunard Queen. But it is not to be....