نحن تتمتع البحرين. واليوم نحن نذهب إلى قطر. = We are enjoying Bahrain. Today we go to Qatar. We had a great day in Bahrain yesterday. We ended up walking quite a bit. 7728 steps before lunch, which is not bad in 32C and 95% humidity. Admittedly we mostly walked inside air-conditioned shopping  centres. The centre attached…

We bid a fond farewell to Europe yesterday after a wonderful 24 hours in Fiumicino. I’m really glad we stayed there rather than in Rome. It was certainly much easier to get to the airport – just a 10 minute €16 taxi drive. Breakfast at the little hotel was sensational. The guest rooms were on the…

Ciao. Siamo ora in Italia presso una città chiamata Fiumicino, vicino Roma. Hello, we are in Italy in a town called Fiumicino, near Rome. I think I might learn Italian. I’m not sure when I will fit that in, but it is such a lovely language and for some reason it seems to come quite naturally…

  Our last day on the cruise, and not much to report because, basically, we did nothing! So a few snaps from the last week or so. (including the obligatory cruse towel sculptures) Tomorrow – Rome 🙂 (There was an earthquake in Italy today – no where near where we are going)      

Well it’s happened. This is it. I’ve liked certain places before… I was really impressed with Venice. Historical, yummy food, beautiful architecture. When Victoria and I went to Japan I so enjoyed Tokyo. Who wouldn’t adore Athens on a sunny day like we did in May 2014. But I now have a new thing. Barcelona: my…

Dave, Victoria and Will have all been to Spain. Today I can say that I have too. It has always been on my list, but you know, already having six ‘S’ countries up my sleeve: Singapore, Solomon Islands, San Marino, Switzerland, South Korea and Slovenia, meant it was hard to convince Dave of the need to come…

SORRY – uploads are working at one picture an hour 🙁 Will try to get them to load in port tomorrow. Today was a lovely relaxing day at sea made up of three simple things. Eating, sleeping and a little exercising. For Dave, the exercise was 8500 steps around the walking track after breakfast this…

Why is Malta famous? Is it about the Maltese Terrier? Nice dog, but no that’s not it… Is it the delicious Maltese Pastizzi? We enjoyed a couple of the cheese filled pastries today (50c each), but no, not that either… Perhaps the Maltese Falcon? A great book and Humphrey Bogart film, but not enough to make the…

It seems, that seasoned ‘cruisers’ have differing opinions on the value of sea days. Some like a lot of them, some don’t like them at all. Dave and I like the odd sea day, but not too many. Today we definitely needed a rest after a full-on three stops in three days. We are not,…

Kotor is a seaport town, in the Kotor bay on the coast of Montenegro. We arrived early, just before sunrise, so I got up and watched our arrival into the bay through the narrow Verige strait which leads from the Adriatic into the bay. The mountains, which surround the bay, are tall and lined with limestone…

Just when you think this holiday can’t get any better – it does! Today was a great day, starting with a sleep in, breakfast, another rest, then the ship arriving in beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia. We were met at the wharf gate, as pre-arranged, by Michael, a local Croatian tour guide.  We hopped in his Skoda…

I have decided that it’s best to write posts in the evening for the next few days (Australian time early morning) as the internet is just so slow and photos take soooo long to load it is too much of a rush in the mornings. As we sailed away from the port of Koper, Slovenia, this afternoon the sun…

This is going to be short, but sweet! We have just arrived in the port of Koper, Slovenia. Its 7:30am and raining. We are only a few kilometers from where we ‘accidentally’ entered Slovenia a few days ago. We will have a quick breakfast then head out to explore what looks to be a pretty town….

Firstly, happy, happy, happy, birthday to Pamela. I hope you have had a lovely day. Today is only just starting here, you should pop in for a birthday breakfast with us 🙂 Thank you for all that you do for Dad, but especially thank you for making him very happy. In turn, it also makes me very…

Today was a day of highs and lows. The highs were pretty high. The lows were not actually very low. We started the day slowly, but managed to get organsied in time to catch the 1130am bus to the city of Lugarno, just a 15 minute trip around the side of the lake. It was…