On the sea day prior to arrival in the Italian holiday resort of Sorrento, I have an update on the geriatric thug who assaulted one of the excursion team. After the assault, Justine reported the incident and the culprit, who was of French nationality, was offloaded in Athens. Apparently he had already had a fracas with his cabin steward accusing him of trying to steal his luggage (J'accuse, Monsieur le Frog) and also had the Italian hostess pinned up against ...

After a very comfortable night in the Comfort Inn I have decided the name of the hotel only tells half the story! They should rename the hotel the 'Comfort but sometimes noisy especially if we let families with small children who let them run riot along the corridors stay here' hotelIt was raining when we left London. That is a given. I can’t remember a holiday that hasn’t started damply. The weather upon our arrival in Genoa was very pleasant...