About Me

My name is Danielle. I am an early thirty something (VERY, VERY EARLY) and I have a passion for not only cruise but holidays in general. If I am not currently on one then I am either planning one or sitting in my garden with a strawberry daiquiri dreaming about…

Posted on Oct 14, 2013
X Factor – love it or hate it, its back!!

And it begins!!!! My Saturday and Sunday nights are no longer my own. They are now lost in a bubble of crooning wannabes and of course the delicious Gary Barlow. There are definitely worst things to be watching on TV now-a-days but I always get swallowed in by the sob…

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Posted on Oct 7, 2013
Royal Caribbean to reject one of the proposed new ship names???

Well I love a bit of gossip on a Monday morning, it shakes away those new week blues. This morning's first juicy piece comes courtesy of Royal Caribbean. In 2012 they applied for trademarks for six new ship names. Two of these have been already used with the impending launch…

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Posted on Oct 2, 2013
Holidaymakers suffer as US begins Attractions Shutdown

The Us Federal Government has begun a partial shut down in a move that will hit thousands of holidaymakers to the US including cruise passengers. National Parks, museums, federal buildings and services closed from yesterday after the US Congress failed to agree a budget by midnight on 30th September. This…

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Posted on Aug 30, 2013
New Arrival

So yesterday something very exciting happened and I became 'mammy' to my new house mate, Lady, an 11 week old Jack Russell Terrier puppy!!!! I went to the dog pound to rescue a black Labrador puppy who was looking for a new 'forever' home, but he was snapped up before…

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Posted on Aug 23, 2013
The Calm after the Fleadh

This week my wee home city feels like a ghost town after the busy week we all had last week during the Fleadh. What is a Fleadh I hear you all shout, well,  The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann  is the world’s largest celebration of traditional Irish culture and 2013 saw the…

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Posted on Aug 12, 2013
All aboard with Barbie

Almost every young girl has, at one time or another, dreamt of being Barbie (some of us still probably do!!!). I loved her. She defined everything I wanted to be, pink, sparkly and girlie. I had a Barbie house, complete with four poster bed that glowed at night, millions of…

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Posted on Aug 5, 2013
A Chic night out

Last Sunday night, as part of the 2013 UK City of Culture events, my home town came alive to the voice of Nile Rodgers and the hip music of Chic. Who are they I hear you shout???? Well before Glastonbury I would have been asking the same, had I not…

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Posted on Jul 28, 2013
Baby Onboard!!

So, the baby is finally here!! Welcome to the world Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge!!! It's very exciting stuff and has taken the world by storm, on every TV channel, front of every news paper and all magazine covers and they are all filled with photos of the couple leaving the hospital steps with…

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