Day Two – Monemvasia with Seabourn Odyssey: My cunning plan to order breakfast in my suite before the stretch class backfires a tad. I wake and shower – then wrap myself in towels to hear the chime of the doorbell. Without thinking, I go to the door to find a waiter with breakfast to set […]
From Athens to Venice with Seabourn Odyssey – a First Time Cruise Diary #extraordinaryworlds
Day One – The Neophyte Arrives in Athens: I am, truth be told, a little apprehensive. On paper, the idea of travelling in a floating hotel by night, reaching a new destination each morning, sounds fabulous. But, unlike conventional travel, if I don’t like where I’m staying I won’t be in a position to change […]
Silversea Silver Wind – Tour and Lunch in London
Lunch on the Silversea Silver Wind – a glorious extravagance in luxury cruising: I’ve explored a few different cruise options now and discovered a whole range of offerings in the market. What I’ve found is that the perfect cruise for one person may well be another’s nightmare. Silversea operates in the ultra-luxury sector and I […]
Jet Set Sail – Inaugural Trip
Starting in Style with Jet Set Sail from Celebrity Cruises: Everyone I know looks forward to their holidays. And, everyone I know dreads actually getting there. Even if you are travelling business class or first class, you still have to get to the airport, fight your way through the crowds to check-in and then go […]
A Taste of Agatha’s Egypt
Tutmania and More – Agatha Christie’s Egypt: Stop Press – Tutankhamun returns to London from 2nd Nov 2019 – 3 May 2020 – check our review of Tutankhamun, treasures of the Golden Pharoah I am old enough to remember the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum in London in 1972. I didn’t get a chance […]
Left for Tombs, Right for Temples – Luxury Nile River Cruise:
Nile River Cruise on the Oberoi Philae – from Luxor to Aswan: Half asleep on my sun-lounger, cradled by the river Nile lapping gently across the bows of our River Cruiser, I woke with a start as Tarek, our guide called out. ‘Over there – those are the quarries’ It didn’t sound too interesting, reluctantly […]