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At Sea July 13th, 2025 There was no avoiding it. Laundry had to be done today. I gathered everything into our laundry bag and headed for the deck 8 launderette. Horrors – the only functional dryer was now missing, and the other, now with a sign on the outside instead…

At Sea July 12th, 2025 The first thing we had to do this morning is go to the Britannia Dining room with our passports so we could be seen by the UK immigration people. There was no queue and other than commenting that I travel a lot (I do need to get a new passport…

At Sea July 11th, 2025 It’s feeling like Groundhog Day. The foghorn has been going since 4:00 this morning. We are really and truly back in the fog. I checked our position on Cruise Mapper – we weren’t that far from Newfoundland. We still have a long way to go. Could…

At Sea July 10th, 2025 It was another foggy morning, with the foghorn going off every 2 minutes. I wonder if foghorns get worn out if they are used constantly. I had the sensation that the ship was speeding up. Then Captain Hashmi made the announcement that we had a…

At Sea July 9th, 2025 Just as you think you are well away from the coastal fog and are out in the wild Atlantic Ocean, you find you are wrong. Yes, we were awoken by the foghorn again and are still sailing through dense fog. We can’t see the water, but it must be…

New York, NY July 8th, 2025 We are back in New York. Previously we have woken up in the early hours to see us sail under the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge and past the Statue of Liberty, but this time we are on the wrong side of the ship, and we will see them both anyway…

At Sea July 7th, 2025 We were still in fog when we woke up, and the foghorn continued its mournful warning all morning. For half of the guests on board this is their last day before disembarking in New York tomorrow. So it really wasn’t smart of me to decided that…

Halifax, NS July 6th, 2025 They were working on one of the lifeboats in front of our stateroom this morning, so I got to get a peek at what was on the inside. I was not impressed. If the ship sinks I am definitely hoping that I will be in one of the lifeboats that…

July 5th, 2025 At Sea If it’s a sea day, there must be Zumba. Actually no. The physical exertion and sweaty body experience have been replaced by a relaxed guided meditation session. Thinking this would be a popular switch, I got to the Queens Room early, but there…

July 4th, 2025 Boston Looking out of our stateroom this morning we actually had a view! They were in the process of lowering the lifeboats and brilliant sunshine was streaming into the room. I suppose they were checking out that the mechanism for lowering the…

July 3rd, 2025 At Sea We were awakened by the foghorn in the early hours of the morning. Being near the front of the ship is a bit of a mixed blessing. Yes, we do hear the foghorn, but I actually quite like its mournful sound. When we got up, we were still in dense…

July 2nd 2025 Newport, RI Newport is a tender port, and you needed tickets to get onto the tenders, so we decided to spend the morning in the Commodore Club and only go ashore once the crowds had dissipated. It is so easy to go up one flight of stairs to the Commodore…