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Day 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 […]

Day 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

Day 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

Day 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

Day 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

Day 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

Day 11 – June 30, 2024 – Liverpool, England Today we kept our decision to do our own thing in Liverpool and it made it a lot easier since we were at the port. We had a leisurely breakfast and waited until all the early morning excursions left before we headed into the city. Liverpool

Day 10 – June 29, 2024 – Dublin, Ireland Today we had a small group tour of Dublin highlights. Our tour started early so we were up by 6 am to be able to grab a bite before heading out for our 8 am tender. We were met on the dock by our tour guide,

Day 9 – June 28, 2024 – Douglas, Isle of Man Today’s excursion starts at 1:30 p.m. so we had a leisurely morning. The sun was out today (which has been rare!) so we grabbed a quick bite of lunch out on the pool deck before heading for our tour. Our guide, Ian, along with

Day 8 – June 27, 2024 – Killybegs, Ireland We were supposed to arrive at Killybegs, Ireland this morning at 8 a.m. but due to bad weather conditions, we did not port and had to spend the day at sea. We hate that we couldn’t do our excursion, but you can’t control the weather. A

Day 7 – June 26, 2024 – Stornoway (Hebrides), Scotland So today I start the next decade of my life. I know it’s said that age is just a number, but 60 is starting to get up there, lol! We ended up sleeping in later than expected (that’s what blackout curtains can do for you!)

Day 6 – June 25, 2024 – Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Scotland This morning was our mandatory immigration inspection and I have to say it was very well done. You lined up based on the time of your tour, you were handed your passport, the immigration guy looked at your passport and then you, and then

Day 5 – June 24, 2024 – Torshavn (Faroe Islands), Denmark We had no excursion planned today so we took our time this morning, did a quick work out and then headed into the town to look around. It was after 1:30 p.m. when we disembarked, so we went out in search of food. We

Day 4 – June 23, 2024 – Torshavn (Faroe Islands), Denmark So last night was a bumpy night on the sea from Iceland to Denmark. The boat swayed all night long, which doesn’t bother me, but it did make it difficult getting up in the middle of the night to use the restroom! We got

Day 3 – June 22, 2024 – Eskifjordur, Iceland Today we were up at a decent time, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed to our meeting place for our excursion, the waterfall hike to the Hengifoss waterfall. Our guide, whose name we can’t remember, was quite a character and reminded John and I of someone