Way back in July, just after Gordon and Laura’s wedding, we were feeling a bit flat. You know what it’s like when you’ve had something to look forward to for ages and then it’s all over, there’s usually a sense of – what do we do now? – and to cap it all the weather was pretty rotten. So to cheer ourselves up we booked a cruise! Of course as soon as we did that the weather improved hugely – typical.
I’ve never really been keen on the idea of a cruise but it is the only way of having a holiday that doesn’t involve Jack doing a lot of driving, it’s years since I’ve flown anywhere, I’m not crazy about flying nowadays.
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do much if any blogging while we’re away but I will schedule some posts, although recently the scheduling hasn’t been working.
We’ve never been on a cruise before, well I say that but we have both been on those educational cruises for schoolkids that were massively subsidised way back in the 1960s and 70s. I went to Scandinavia when I was 12 on the SS Uganda and Jack went on two cruises on the Uganda and the Dunera – ah the glory days of the 60s and 70s, when we had full employment (the 1960s anyway) and everything seemed possible, the world has definitely gone backwards since then!
Anyway, I’ve wandered as usual, we’re sailing off to France, Portugal and Spain. We had planned on going to Norway but the cruise dates didn’t fit in well for us so maybe that’ll be our second cruise, if we enjoy this first one. One good thing is that the weather should be warmer than it is here so we’ll be prolonging our summer a bit. I just hope that it isn’t all reminiscent of Hi-de-Hi, but on the high seas! Whatever, it’ll be an experience and we won’t be in danger of ever lying on our death beds wishing we had gone on a cruise!
I’m a cheery besom – amn’t I?!
Katrina!
How exciting–I can’t wait to hear all about it, and what wonderful places to cruise to. I’m terribly envious. Do take lots of pics and take lots of notes so you can help us virtually travel when you return. Happy Travels!
Judith
Judith,
I certainly will take plenty of photos and notes. I’ve never been to Spain or Portugal before so it’ll be interesting.
I have always been interested in Portugal. I hope you take lots of photos and share them with us when you get home. Have a wonderful time.
What fun! I’ve never been on a cruise myself so I’ll be interested in how you find it. Enjoy yourselves – plenty of sun and sightseeing, plenty to eat and drink, and hopefully plenty of time to read! Bon voyage Katrina!
Have a lovely time, Katrina! I’ve never been on a cruise so will look forward to hearing about it when you get back.
Bon voyage: wishing you smooth seas and blue skies.
Valerie, Helen, Sandra and Jennifer,
Thanks for the good wishes. I’ll certainly take plenty of photos. Must dash!
Katrina
Wonderful! Enjoy the time away. Bon voyage!
Stefanie,
Thanks, we just got back and ended up being offline for 12 days, had a good time though.
I hope you have a fabulous experience. As you know, we love cruises – take at least one a year. More if we could. It’s such a great way to cover a lot of places without having to drag bags constantly. Can’t wait to hear about it! We’re considering a Spain/Portugal routing one of these days.
Pearl,
We just got back and had a good time, I can see we’ll be cruising again in the future, it was wonderfully relaxing.