Unlike our previous 3 trips the weather on the day of travel was 'not raining'. Things were looking up already and I’d only just closed the front door.The journey to Venice was, for once, uneventful. The train from Hough Green to Manchester International Airport was on time, there was no undue delay getting through security and our EasyJet flight to Marco Polo airport departed on schedule. Arriving In Venice 10 minutes ahead of ETA and walked straig...

Having previously sailed across the Black Sea and been lucky enough to visit the site of the 1945 Yalta Conference and seen where the files were kept in Odessa, when we finally received notice that our cruise was no longer calling at these ports, Roisin and I took it in our stride and were looking forward to the replacement destinations. Hopefully the rescheduling would take us to somewhere new and equally exciting……Burgas and Volos: Well, they were c...

The day of disembarkation. The 'blurb' stated that all staterooms must be vacated by 8am. Now in normal circumstances we would comply but so far I have failed to mention anything specific about our cabin steward. He never properly introduced himself on day 1 so, for some reason, we decided to call him ‘Reg’. It seemed as good a name as any and, after all, his name DID begin with the letter ‘R’!! A good cabin steward will familiari...