Welcome to Belfast You’ve had a fab sail in, and now restrictions are easing, it’s off the ship for a good old wander about, and having spent your hard earned cash on a cruise, I thought I’d look at what you can do for free! http://www.maritime-mile.com is Belfast’s fantastic, free, interactive walking tour. If you…
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A Postcard From Reykjavik
I’ve been pondering about cruising and my art tutoring experience onboard. Facebook memories have been reminding me of my first Art Tutor cruise with Fred Olsen Cruise Lines which went all around Iceland I’ve also been thinking about how to make my art and craft classes more environmentally friendly, I already use watercolour sets, in…
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 &…
Art Journal, Travel Journal, Whatever it’s called
I’ve been attempting to record my adventures here and in a little picture journal of some sort And in all honesty the painted and written one is going better than this online one. Maybe it’s because I’m not naturally techie but I love painting. Maybe it’s because when troubled you lose yourself in what you…
Caribbean to Canaries to Blinkin Baltic
Temperatures have varied wildly this year! This week though it’s been wrap up warm as it was back to a cold, wintry Northern Ireland It looks warm & sunny but we were frozen up the ridge. Storm Ciara is starting to make herself known in the West and we are in for a windy weekend…
Last Tango in Tenerife
Getting arty with the Da Vinci installation at the port… Just a quick walk round the front before meeting up with a young old friend to put the world to rights This was our amazing lunch in cafe atlantico – allegedly the bar Christopher Columbus sat at is still in situ… Made my own guacamole…
Moving On… Madeira a piece of cake
Three days at sea Six art classes And I ended up in Sunny Madeira Which is technically Portugal so any excuse for a Pastel de Nata (or two) We had a full day in Madeira so in the afternoon I was off to escort the Leisurely Madeira tour, which included a stop, for more cake!…
Cartagena
Coffee & Contrasts! Cartagena was simply spectacular We sailed in past the statue of The Virgin May against a backdrop of modern skyscrapers. Lazy seagulls & pelicans having a rest on mooring plinths and even ships ropes against beautiful blue skies I escorted Coffee & Old City Tour. Watch them like a hawk we’d been…
Sea Days and Sways
Today went like this Up early sending random messages to Keith. Random even by my standards 😂😂 Crawled out of bed assisted by tea and Bex who helped prep today’s class – a busy class but a rough one! Some smarty pants thought she was fine & didn’t need to take anything, bad move Suzanne!…
Jonny’s Gang!
Nobody puts baby (or anybody) in the corner in Jonny’s gang! Got asked yesterday to write about what made CMV Columbus stand out from the crowd Well I’ve cruised with most of the mainstream lines and I think they are all really good. Each does what they do brilliantly so if you want ice skating…
Hello Helsinki
Apparently you can go to Helsinki and behave sensibly… We didn’t! Every statue seemed to have its own seagull And you get the best photos of the trams if you stand in front of them Not all the sculptures were pretty, but none as weird as Lubeck Other highlights were the Frazer Chocolate Cafe and…
Suzanne’s Arty Travel 