Category: life
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I woke in the early hours this morning as bright lights scrolled past our cabin window, and looked at the clock – 3:30am. We were arriving in the port of Alexandria, Egypt. I woke again at 7am, looked out again, and saw all manner of industrial buildings and cranes stretching in all directions. After scraping…
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This morning you find me somewhere in the middle of the Mediterranean sea between Cyprus and Egypt – heading south towards Alexandria. We will arrive in the early hours of tomorrow morning – with perhaps half the boat getting on coaches before the sun comes up to visit Cairo and the pyramids. We’re going to…
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We arrived in the port of Limassol, Cyprus in the early hours this morning, receiving notification at perhaps 7:30 that the gang planks were down, and we were free to go ashore. The new port is perhaps fifteen minutes by car from the “old town” without much in the way of interest between the two,…
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We departed Bodrum in Turkey late yesterday evening and set out for the open ocean once again – watching the twinkling lights of the coast slowly disappear over the horizon as we ate dinner. After scraping myself out of bed and into the shower this morning, I wandered down to breakfast alone while my other…
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We woke up this morning surrounded by turquoise water, and the rolling green hills of southern Turkey. We had arrived in Bodrum – known in antiquity as Halicarnassus. After a quick breakfast on my own – made unintentionally entertaining by the woman sitting adjacent to me confirming to her breakfast companion very audibly not only…
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We woke this morning already in the port of Kusadasi, Turkey. After running across the ship for an early breakfast – yoghurt, fruit, and cereal today, after becoming thoroughly fed up with the novelty of cooked breakfast every day – we gathered in one of the on-board theatres to receive further instructions. It turns out…
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Our ship arrived in Piraeus, Athens early this morning to grey skies and rain. We kept a very British level of optimism throughout breakfast and left our raincoats in the cabin – gambling that the sun would break through at some point. One other member of our group appeared to be making the same gamble…
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After departing Valletta, Malta yesterday evening we set out for the open ocean. We’re on-route to Piraeus – near Athens, Greece. Early this morning I dropped our passports off in reception – a part of the process required to gain entrance to Egypt later in the cruise. I gather their immigration processes are somewhat laborious.…
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Early this morning I woke to the sight of a ragged coastline slowly scrolling past – becoming closer with each minute that passed. I nudged my other half awake and pointed over her. “We’re here!” “Where?” “I can’t remember” We had arrived at Valletta, Malta. After scraping ourselves out of bed, and fighting the good…
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We woke this morning to find the ship docked in the port of Palermo, Sicily, Italy – with shafts of sunshine splitting thunderclouds surrounding Monte Pellegrino to the north. After fighting the good fight in the breakfast buffet we left the ship and boarded a tour bus to take us towards the wine country in…
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After scraping myself out of bed at perhaps 8am this morning, the idiotic thought entered my head to visit the on-board gym once again. I’ll blame guilt more than anything. Thankfully the gym was relatively quiet, so I got to pick whichever running machine I wanted. Although the gym has big signs everywhere warning not…
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Part of the “package” we booked for our holiday included breakfast in bed for a couple of the mornings en-route. Today was one of those mornings. So guess who was up at 7am, tidying the cabin so the porter delivering breakfast wouldn’t think badly of us? The breakfast was ridiculously huge – with a stack…
