One blog for the 2 sea days as we make our way around Cuba heading for Montego Bay, Jamaica. Yesterday everyone was tired after the long day in Port Everglades, plus the sun had gone into hiding, so it was pretty quiet around the ship, though classes were as busy as ever! Last night’s entertainment…
Tag: havana
Somewhere off The Azores
World Cruise Day 4 Last night was our first formal or celebration night of the cruise and we forgot to get our complimentary glass of bubbles – never mind we will keep our voucher for the next Celebration Night. Pre covid I’d bought this gold dress in the sale at TK Maxx, £25 reduced from…
Havana Nights
We had almost 2 nights in Havana and they were made for partying! We’d just got back on board, hot & sticky and perhaps a little tipsy from the Hemingway tour when another new friend suggested we get off the ship and experience some real Cuban food so that’s how a short while later I…
Hemingways Havana
Courage is Grace under Pressure A favourite quote and now a favourite place! We gathered in the Darwin Lounge for our 2pm tour, Hemingways Trails, I was a little surprised to be getting a bus for a 2 hour walking tour, but discovered that came later, first we drove to the outskirts of Havana to…
Havana morning
9am at the plank – that was to become our meeting place, late enough for a good breakfast, early enough to miss the heat & the crowds. So off I went with 2 new friends, Linda & Howard, also solo travellers. Out of the port & turn left, then 10CUC, about £8 bought us a…
Havana Arrival
From a distance it looked pretty much like any other city port, jam packed with buildings, sky scrapers, domes… We’d been sailing along the coast of Cuba since early afternoon, due to dock at 5pm. I guess it was around 4pm that people started to gather on deck to watch the sail in and shortly…