I have now finished work until 10 October.
On Wednesday 25 September I am off on MSC Preziosa for 7 nights. I have sailed twice before with MSC on the Poesia & Opera a few years ago so really looking forward to seeing this ship.
We have a group of over 200 passengers on board so we will be assisting them whilst on the ship and then assist them at the end as they go off to do a tour in Lake Garda & Venice, unfortunately, we don’t get to go with them and will fly home from Genoa after we have seen them off.
I am a member of a Facebook group for the Preziosa and the feedback from passengers who have sailed is very good so I’m hoping we have a good experience also, I’m sure we will. I’m happy to be on any ship anyway so will make the most of it.
I am travelling with my colleague Zoe and we have a balcony cabin on deck 8 – I’m so happy as do love a balcony to sit and relax and watch the world go by.
We sail from Southampton so I have booked the train directly from Coventry, I have used this service before and is really good, getting in approx 12.30 pm in time to board the ship.
This is our itinerary:-
Wed | 25/9/2019 | Southampton, United Kingdom | – | 19:00 |
Thu | 26/9/2019 | Day at sea | – | – |
Fri | 27/9/2019 | Vigo, Spain | 11:00 | 18:00 |
Sat | 28/9/2019 | Lisbon, Portugal | 09:00 | 16:00 |
Sun | 29/9/2019 | Day at sea | – | – |
Mon | 30/9/2019 | Barcelona, Spain | 13:00 | 19:00 |
Tue | 1/10/2019 | Marseille, France | 09:00 | 18:00 |
Wed | 2/10/2019 | Genoa, Italy | 09:00 |
I have been to all of these ports before but I do love Barcelona & Lisbon. We will probably just get off and do our own thing as done the tours previously.
I will be updating my Facebook page where possible with photos & videos – Wifi permitting so please follow me on this link if you would to like to know more…
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On my return from this cruise on 2 October I am on annual leave as it is my birthday on 7th October and my husband Adam is taking me off to York for a few days so I’m also looking forward to this. I haven’t been to York since my school days so will be nice to see it again, not that I remember any of it.
Until next time happy cruising and I’ll tell you all about my trip soon.
About Me
My name is Barbara Hopley (my real surname is now Neale) but most people call me ‘Babs’ – doesn’t sound as old as I’m not really that old. I am passionate about Cruise and have over 30 years of experience of travel knowledge. After working for various travel companies I…
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