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At Sea Beware the Ides of March It’s the Ides of March here, but will only be the Ides tomorrow back home. This is all very confusing. The weather has turned quite cold as we head further south, so no sunbathing today alas. I made up for it by starting on yet...

At Sea We are back in the Tasman Sea again, but although we are heading into the “roaring forties”, it is not that stormy. However it is still too windy to sit comfortably out on deck. We spent the day inside. This gave me the opportunity to finish off the velvet...

Melbourne Despite dire warnings about the weather, we woke up to a sunny, but cool day in Melbourne. We were able to get straight off the ship once the gangway was in place on deck 2. The cruise terminal was rather minimal, only having a tacky souvenir shop and a...

At Sea No Opera House this morning – just water all around us with no land in sight. With 1000 new passengers the ship has a totally different feel. Was I that bewildered when I first came on board QV in 2008? I think not – maybe it was because I had done my...

Sydney Day 2 It’s not every day that you wake up to the Sydney Opera House outside your window, but it has now been 2 days in a row. I do love cruises! We had an early start, and walked to Darling Harbour. It has been great seeing all the sights around the world,...

Sydney Day 1 Yesterday I woke up to an angry sea outside our room; today I woke up to see the Sydney Opera House right outside our window. Now there’s a first for me! We had to go through immigration in Sydney, so with bad memories of going through US immigration,...

At Sea We had quite a bumpy night, it was lovely to lie in bed and be rocked by the waves. When I awoke this morning and looked outside, it looked just like we were in the middle of a winter transatlantic crossing – just my kind of weather. The sea is very rough...

At Sea Despite the Commodore’s warning there doesn’t seem to have been too much movement last night. However, it is still raining, and the Commodore described the swell as “confused”. The ship is pitching and rolling, but sitting here in the Commodore Club it is...

Bay of Islands, New Zealand Well, our rain making skills are not rusty; they were working a charm today. It was pouring when we arrived, and it rained on and off all day. Apparently there has been a bit of a drought here, so the locals were very happy about the...

Auckland The Owl and the Pussy Cat went to sea……………… We docked in Auckland bright and early. It is like docking in Manhattan – you are right downtown. I love it when there are skyscrapers right in front of you. We went ashore as soon as we could to explore the...

Despite the Commodore’s prediction that the good weather was over, today dawned bright and sunny so the major decision of the day was Lido vs. Pavilion Pool. We decided on the Pavilion as it was quite windy and we found a really great sheltered spot there. The...

At Sea The shops had a sale today. We have been rather unimpressed by the merchandise available there this year, especially the lack of attractive Queen Victoria and World Cruise items. However, we did end up making some purchases of course. They were selling QM2...