Home of the Beatles, Cilla Black, The Liver Birds and some say football, Liverpool is one of those great cities for a cruise stop as you dock right in the city and it’s easy, and pleasant to stroll around For Beatles fans, it’s a perfect stop, you can visit the Cavern Club, admission with The…
Month: June 2021
Hot Tubs, Thermal Pools, Pure Bliss
Don’t you just love a jacuzzi. This is probably one of my favourite cruise photos, a really hot day in May sipping G&T in the hot tub on the beautiful ship Balmoral The only thing better than a hot tub has to be a thermal pool and I’ve visited a good few of those too,…
Cadiz
Waking up on a warm spring morning to the stunning views of Cadiz from the decks of the ship, after a particularly nasty Bay of Biscay is pure bliss – a we made it moment! Cadiz is a really walkable city, there’s usually a ship walking tour, and the photo shows the little park you’ll…
Bergen
They say it’s always cold & wet in Bergen! Don’t believe them! The first time I went to Norway, in early May, the snow was still on the mountains, and the waterfall frozen, but everyone was on deck sunbathing The second time however… It poured! My daughter however went up the funicular about an hour…
Solo Travel? You got a friend in Fred
So I did a cruise review, it went a bit potty, 1200 people have read it!!! In it I said that the particular cruise line didn’t do a lot for the solo traveller, so of course I was asked which lines did I’ve been fortunate enough to sail on a lot of lines, sometimes solo,…
Sail into Belfast
Hello and welcome to Belfast, my hometown! As it looks like more ships might be heading our way instead of to Bonny Scotland this summer, I thought I’d do a little post on things to look out for when sailing in As you turn into Belfast Lough there are lighthouses on either side. To the…
MSC Virtuosa Seacation
I have missed the sea! Being so close but unable to cross the Irish border to the Donegal beaches was pure torture, so it’s no surprise that I booked one of the first UK Seacation cruises on the brand new MSC Virtuosa We received information in advance that we would need insurance with COVID &…
Spice Island. Grenada
Wow! I offered to take suggestions for ports to feature so this is the first of my requested Port posts. The lovely island of Grenada is on both Ventura’s voyage to the Caribbean in 2022 and Ambience to Cuba and the Caribbean in 2023 Plus lots of other Southern Caribbean cruises. I visited with Fred…
Stockholm
Home of IKEA, H&M and Abba A city made up of Fourteen islands intertwined by 57 bridges One of the most scenic cities to sail in or out of, the archipelago or myriad of tiny islands are just begging to be photographed and admired Gamla Stan the picture perfect old town is easily walkable from…
Suzanne’s Arty Travel 