The Crib Cruise

What do you so on a day at sea?? Eat, drink, sleep, shop, party!! I think we did all of those, starting with the breakfast tray being delivered. We then went to the breakfast buffet for a second hit at breakfast! Then we looked around the shops on board the ship, at overpriced Brittling watches, jewellery and clothing! After this we watched a movie in our cabin and rested ready for lunch! At lunch we were sat with a couple who live in Canada and a man who lives in Norway. We unfortunately strayed into a conversation about the Elgin Marbles, which are the freeze from the bottom of the Acropolis in Athens. How do you stray into a conversations like that! We were explaining that the previous day while visiting temple of Hephaestus we had ... read more

No need to rush today, we've been here before, it's a nice small town with narrow streets with pretty shops and its of wild cats. I decided to stay on the ship and DL went into town on his own to see what he could find to buy. It was quite cold and windy so he put on his regulation seven layers and a scarf. I decided to stay in bed and watch a film looking out of the balcony at the view. The rest of the day was quite quiet as well, when DL returned he went for lunch as I had already been and then went to lay in the solarium. He phoned down and I went up and got into a jacuzzi on the open deck for about an hour before dinner. Tomorrow ... read more

We have never been to Rhodes so today was going to be a first. Our waiter told us at dinner last night that it was going to rain from 12:00 midday so we needed to get up and get on with it. It was a very pretty place with a castle wall and lots of shops selling jewellery, carpets, table cloths and trinkets etc. We visited the castle of the Knights Templar which was very interesting, if only for the lack of Health and Safety on the stairs. (See picture). We stopped for a coffee and I had a lager, I asked for a large beer expecting a pint, but what came was a litre of lager in a boot shapes glass (see pictures), DL said "your not going to drink all that", but I did, ... read more

After a lay in we set off for Chania town to see the sites. Most of the sites were shops selling silks, crystal and souvenirs. It was a small and not very pleasant town to walk around. It's started to rain so we headed back to the ship. We met all of the people we've become friendly with in the martini bar for a pre-dinner drink. After dinner we went to one of the bars on board for an after dinner drink before heading off to bed ready for tomorrow.... read more

The knock at the door told me it was time to wake up but it seemed as though I had only just gone to sleep. Dancing till the early hours with a few glasses of something had left its mark on me. A few more hours sleep is what I needed but I wasn't going to get it. DL was strangely wide awake and let the waiter in with the tray. We went on a trip today to Taormina which was a pretty village in Sicily. We stopped off and had a cup of coffee in a very smart hotel and admired the view (see picture) before moving off to explore the shops and the Greek amphitheatre (see picture). It was a very pretty town that we would stay in on a holiday, the views were ... read more