It has been a very choppy ride since we left Bermuda and we woke up to no sunshine. Also, when we looked out from our balcony we see the Silversea Silver Spirit cruise liner is about level with us at a distance. Looks like they are having a hard time of it with the big waves. They are due to be at the Azores a day before us. Not sure they will make that. Due to the weather, everyone is inside, but there is plenty going on to keep everyone happy. George is still not feeling well so heads back to bed after breakfast. Doctors for him tomorrow if he is no better. Theresa headed out to the casino to play her tipping point game again. It has been interesting talking to some of the other ... read more

George is still feeling poorly, but did make it to breakfast. He did not feel like sitting in posh, so we headed to the casino. We have just found a machine that is like the Tipping Point TV program on ITV. Within the coins on moving levels, it has rolled up notes and tokens for bottles of champagne as an incentive for you to keep playing. We spent $30 and it kept us quiet for nearly four hours. George headed back to bed so he can get some rest ready for our trip tomorrow and Theresa had lunch on the balcony and got some sun. As George is still not well, it was a light dinner only in the buffet for tonight. Hopefully he will be up to going out tomorrow.... read more

Norwegian had a promotion going when we booked this next section of the cruise. As well as a really good price, they gave us the Ultimate Beverage Package and six nights of Speciality Dining completely free. We also have a balcony room for the first time for this segment. The Ultimate Beverage Package would have cost us about £850 to buy for the two weeks. We would not normally buy the beverage package, instead opting for the Soda package which would have cost us about £160. Either way it is a very good saving. The Speciality Dining would have cost us £190 if we had purchased it. The only negative point was paying for the Internet instead. As we are changing cabins, we are down at customer services desk for 7.00am this morning to get our ... read more

Today is the second sea day of this 7 day cruise, so time for some relaxation. First we had to attend the back to back meeting. This was very informative with essential guidelines to re-enter USA to clear customs and immigration prior to re-boarding for our Transatlantic journey home to Barcelona Spain. During our time on this cruise, we have met many people that said they were travelling onto Barcelona, but a lot of them seem to be missing from this meeting. Maybe when you have done one before it is easier, but this is our first back to back so we are still learning. The two presenters did a good job of explaining the procedure for Saturday morning and were happy to answer any additional questions. It turns out we will be able to get ... read more

We were in Grand Cayman in 2014, so are happy this time to do our own thing, rather than doing something organised by the ship. Grand Cayman has strong connections with Britain / UK. There are six big cruise ships in dock today and ours is the last to arrive. It is 11.00am by the time we get off the boat. We head off to the public bus station and are soon on our way to a little village we have heard about called Hell. Your eyes are not misleading you. This village had grown up around a small area of strange looking volcanic rock looking very much like a lunar landscape. They have a quaint village post office that can post mail with a Hell post stamp, and can also do passport stamps, which we ... read more