9:00am and Mum walks down my stairs, having stayed last night after attending my cousin’s wedding yesterday. Mum was moaning that she was suffering from hay fever and couldn’t figure it out, it’s not like we are surrounded by fields or the grass had been freshly cut. After the tissues in the lounge had been attacked by Mum, we finally realised that her allergies were … Continue reading Daffodils, Overeating and Mothers Day
The sound of the birds singing woke me. As I stirred from my slumber the sun light was pouring in through the window, it finally feels like spring after what seems like an eternity of dark, wet mornings. Admittedly we have not suffered a particularly brutal winter in terms of the cold, but it has been a winter of sodden mornings. As I laid there … Continue reading My Cousin Rachel Tied the knot.
I leapt out of bed, what on earth was that? I tried to focus but it was still dark in the cabin, no light was creeping in through the curtains yet so I looked at my watch to see that it was 02:00 in the morning! There is was again, an almighty bang and then a few seconds later again. I looked across at Mum … Continue reading Day Eight – Pitons and Farewell
Unusually, Mum was banging around the cabin at 06:20 and woke me. It looked dark outside and I wondered if the clock on my phone was wrong for some reason. Getting up and looking out the window, it was overcast and gloomy, what a shame for our last full day. I could see the Island of Grenada in the distance. It was a shame that … Continue reading Day Seven – Drowned Rats and Nutmeg
The sound of the crew dragging the tables around in the buffet restaurant above the cabin woke me at 06:20. I didn’t feel particularly refreshed as I think that I had had a fairly restless night. I was missing my super king bed and memory foam mattress, sleeping in a single bed is alien to me and I had been worried that I’d turn one … Continue reading Day Six – Captain Jack Sparrow
I first woke at 2am this morning as the motion of the ship was more noticeable than it had been. I could feel the sway of the ship and wasn’t sure I liked it if I am honest, not scared just unsure of the feeling and knowing that if it did get a bit much I can’t escape as I am on the ship until … Continue reading Day Five – Deck 13 and Afternoon Tea
I was awake before my alarm. I could see that it was light out and reached for my watch, it was 06:21am. I could feel that the ship had slowed down and got up to look out of the window; we were there, I could see Aruba. On the approach to the port, on the starboard side of the ship, there were sandbanks with the … Continue reading Day Four – Aruba, Where are Your Flamingos?
I woke peacefully this morning as the beams from the sun gently pushed their way through the opening I’d left in the curtains. I reached for my watch it was 06:32am. Knowing that we had a day ashore in Curacao I decided that it was time to get up so I rolled out of bed and opened the curtains fully to reveal the sun rise … Continue reading Day Three – Cocktails and Curacao
At 04:02am the public address system let out four loud bells, it was like a throw back to the sitcom Hi-De-Hi. I was half expecting to hear Gladys’ “Hi-De-Hi, Good Morning Campers”. Jumping up out of bed, I was startled and I’m pretty sure that I could of quite easily dropped a nugget in my pyjama bottoms. The emergency lighting came on and I concluded that … Continue reading Day Two – Rude Awakening on the Open Water
The noise of people rolling their luggage past our room woke me up. My eyes sprang open and I jumped out of bed, it must be time? In a giddy daze, I glanced down at my phone “What the Hell!?”. It was 2:18am, meaning it had only been three hours since my head had hit the pillow. My dear mother was oblivious. She has the … Continue reading Day One – Foam Bananas and Barbados
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