April 29th 2016, Day 13 – Le Havre We arrived in Le Havre on a wet and miserable looking morning. That would be about right, heading closer to the UK and the pretty average weather we often have. Anyway, never mind, let’s make the most of it. After watching us cruise into port and […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued. Sea Day’s 11 & 12
April 27th 2016, Day 11 – At Sea. We excused ourselves this morning and enjoyed a bit of a sleep in. It was gone 1am by the time we got to bed, adding to that, all the days that we’ve put the clocks forward and sleep was catching up with us. Today’s exciting line up […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued. Sea Day 9 & 10 Arriving in Lisbon
Continuing along with my Celebrity Eclipse cruise review – Sea Day 9 & day 10 arriving in Lisbon April 25th 2016, Day 9 – At Sea. Todays activities listed in the Celebrity paper. Each day it mentions the sunrise and sunset along with the dress code for the evening. After our usual breakfast and […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued. Sea Days 7 & 8
April 23rd 2016, Day 7 – At Sea. Well this is the morning of day 7 so we should be just over half way to Southampton and the map on the Navigation channel shows us where we are. That little red triangle in a circle is us… What shall we do today? […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued Sea Days 5 & 6
April 21st 2016, Day 5 – At Sea What have we in store today? As always the Celebrity Today paper has all the answers, from Art Auctions, watch seminars to game shows, cooking demonstrations, feature presentations and lots more. Breakfast buffet on Celebrity Eclipse Our second breakfast or more like a continuation was from […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued, Sea Days 3 & 4
April 19th 2016, Day 3 – At Sea Breakfast from the Aqua Spa Slowly but surely this little cafe is becoming more popular. It was only a matter of time, not that it matters at all it’s never going to become as popular as the main buffet for breakfast. Being situated towards the front […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – Continued
April 18th 2016, Day 2 – Destination Nassau. We were the first ship in Nassau at 7am which was pleasant, especially knowing that this place can get overrun with tourists. Anyway we had a planned to go out with Mickey & Jelena for today and see a special part of Nassau, of which I will […]
Celebrity Eclipse Cruise Review – 13 Night Transatlantic Crossing
The day is here and we are about to embark on another adventure. This time we are going to cross the Atlantic on the Celebrity Eclipse, a 13 night cruise leaving Miami. We will be visiting Nassau in the Bahamas then Kings Wharf in Bermuda, after that we have 6 days at sea before […]
Hostal El Hangar Near The International Airport Medellin
We decided to stay at Hostal El Hangar which is possibly the closest accommodation to the Medellin International airport. Normally we would have stayed in the apartment in Envigado where we live when here, and would have got up in the middle of the night and taken a taxi to the airport to get […]
The Moment When The Customs Officer Tells You You’ve Overstayed
I’m writing this while sat in the luxury of our hotel room in Miami, (thanks for the upgrade, more on that later). However, in a blink of an eye this could have been a totally different scenario… We spent the night in Hostal El Hangar in Rionegro which is just 3 minutes by shuttle to […]
