About Me
I have been working in travel since 1991 when I realised there was more to life than the Banking Industry. I started as an Overseas Representative with Thomson Holidays moving to the beautiful Island of Rhodes, where I spent 3 very happy summer season. This was interspersed with winters in Spain -…
Posted on Dec 14, 2013
The Wonderful Royal Clipper
This past week has been one of the most exciting I have ever been lucky enough to experience as I have just arrived back from Barbados and the Royal Clipper. Where to I start? Well it has to be with the ship as she is the most elegant, different and…
Posted on Nov 12, 2013
MSC – Magnificent Shipping Company ?
MSC - Mediterranean Shipping Company - will have their second summer sailing out of Southampton in 2014, and have appointed Giles Hawke as their UK and Ireland Managing Director. Giles was previously responsible for Sales and Customer Service for Carnival UK - which is Cunard and P&O, so has loads…
Posted on Nov 5, 2013
New Improved Fares For P&O And Cunard ?
This week saw the announcement from P&O and Cunard of a new pricing structure for cruises departing from April 2014. This will , apparently, be a 2 tier fare structure comprising of the Cunard Fare and the P&O Cruises Select Price, and will be available all the time for Spring…
Posted on Oct 15, 2013
Cut Price Cruises and a New Ship
P&O are building a new ship, not just any ship of course, the largest and most innovative ever built for the British market, she will carry around 5000 passengers and will arrive in the spring of 2015 Do they really need a new ship? Well a couple of their ships…
Posted on Oct 1, 2013
Back To Work
Its back to work and winter for me this week after a lovely week in the sunshine in the South of France. My friend has a small apartment in the middle of Cannes, within walking distance of the town centre, admittedly it is at the top of a steep hill…
Posted on Aug 25, 2013
The Cake Boy
Its Bank Holiday weekend and lovely to have two days off - even if it is raining. Today I have two Celebrity Chefs visiting my kitchen - Delia Smith and Eric Lanlard, not in person of course, just in book form to give a helping hand with the cooking. Tomorrow…
Posted on Aug 18, 2013
A Tale Of Two Ships – The Finale
Aegean Odyssey is not for you if you are looking for Broadway Shows, Ice Rinks and Rock Climbing Walls - it is the absolute contrast to Carnival Sunshine. Entertainment and life on board is lade back and low key. Included in all the itineraries she has are a huge range…
Posted on Aug 11, 2013
A Tale Of Two Ships – Part Three
Entertainment onCarnival Sunshine reminds me very much of that on the much loved Ocean Village. There are non of the usual Broadway style stage productions, there is a small theatre but this is used for a variety of acts such as tribute bands. and Las Vegas style productions. There are…
Posted on Aug 4, 2013
A Tale of Two Ships – More Food!
The food on Aegean Odyssey was really good and a complete contrast, once again to Carnival Sunshine. She is a small ship and only has two restaurants - Marco Polo is the main, traditional restaurant and the Terrace Café is the casual option. Breakfast is served buffet style in the Terrace Café…
Posted on Jul 28, 2013
A Tale Of Two Ships – Part 2 – What About The Food ?
Carnival Sunshine has a huge array of restaurants, serving all types of food, enough to try a different restaurant every night on an eight day cruise. I love food so this was real food heaven for me ! The main restaurant is split level and called the Universe and the…
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