Day 7 – Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – Kingstown, St. Vincent – ALERT!!!!!! FLOWER/PLANT OVERLOAD, LOL! After an early rise and breakfast, we caught the tender to the port in Kingstown and headed to our bus to take us to Montreal Gardens. The drive up to the gardens is about a 45-minute drive that provided […]
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 6 – Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – Tobago Cays, Grenadines Happy 59th Birthday to John! We had an early morning so started off with a great breakfast and all of the gang had a catamaran/snorkeling excursion today. I’m not the greatest snorkeler and I was unable to find earplugs, so I did very little
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 5 –Monday, March 3, 2025 – St. George’s, Grenada Thank goodness for the late excursion after being up until 1:30 am! Had a leisurely breakfast, met with the gang for some travel chatting and then grabbed a quick bite for lunch before our excursion transport at 1pm. Today’s excursion was a trek to the
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 4 – Sunday, March 2, 2025 – Union Island, Grenadines There were no excursions today as we were able to take the tender to the beach or you could swim off the back of the boat, which is what John and I did for a while. John tried his hand at paddle boarding and
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 3 – Saturday, March 1, 2025 – Bridgetown, Barbados The weather was not very cooperative and we had rain showers off and on throughout the morning. We had a great breakfast and solidified the excursions we were all going to do while on the ship. The original plan was to go watch the horses
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 2 – Friday, February 28, 2025 – Bridgetown, Barbados Great night sleep last night! We both woke up refreshed and ready to go. Grabbed a quick breakfast, which was a great buffet spread, and then changed into bathing suits and went for a long walk on the beach. The beaches here are pretty rocky,
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Day 1 – Thursday, February 27, 2025 – Raleigh, NC to Bridgetown, Barbados An early start of the day, for me, I was wide awake at 2am even though the alarm was set for 3:30 am. Coffee drank, last minute things packed, and our driver, Eugene, was here to take us to the airport! An
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2025 Royal Clipper Cruise, Royal Clipper 2025Today we headed back home to NC, and it was a long day of travel. Again, we flew Iceland Air and enjoyed the SAGA section, which is close to first class on the other airlines. John and I were both tired, but he managed to doze off and I read the entire flight. By the
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 18 – July 7, 2024 – London, England Had another lovely breakfast in the RAF Club dining room and then were off to meet up with Catherine and Scott. John brought a coat this time, which was needed as it was pouring when we got off the tube. We met up at Covent Garden
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 17 – July 6, 2024 – London, England John and I were up early and had breakfast in the dining room at the RAF Club. There used to be a strict dress code, but as it was Saturday, they are more lenient. We were to meet Catherine and Scott at noon at the Guards
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 16 – July 5, 2024 – Southampton, England We packed up everything last night except for the essentials and we had a great last breakfast with the parents. We had a scheduled departure time, so everything went smoothly. John had arranged for a car to pick us up at the port and drive us
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 15 – July 4, 2024 – Saint-Malo, France We decided to do our own thing today so had a quick breakfast and waited for those who were doing tours before we caught the tender to the port in Saint-Malo. Saint-Malo is a walled city and is encircled by ramparts, so we had panoramic views
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 14 – July 3, 2024 – Portland, England WARNING: Flower picture overload! LOL! Since our excursion didn’t leave until noon, we had a quick breakfast & lunch before heading out. We were docked so only had to leave the ship and find our bus to take us to the sub-tropical gardens. The gardens, located
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 13 – July 2, 2024 – Waterford, Ireland Today was our long excursion so it was an early morning. A quick breakfast and we were off in the tender to the port to catch our bus. Our guide, Lynne, met us and we were on our way to Cashel via Cahir and Carrick on
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2024 Iceland Cruise/LondonDay 12 – July 1, 2024 – Holyhead, Wales We were in port this morning, and not able to walk through the port to explore like we were hoping so we had a quick breakfast, did a workout in the gym and came back to shower and grab a bite for lunch before heading out
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