Category: Travel

Visiting Gdansk by Cruise Ship

July 31, 2020 1 Comment

On Wednesday 19th July, when our Princess cruise ship docked for our port day in Gdansk, I had mixed emotions. I was happy to be

June 26, 2020 No Comments

There are two places that cruise ships can dock in Helsinki, one ridiculously convenient and the other… less so. The dock in the city is

May 29, 2020 2 Comments

After exploring Tallinn the previous day, and Stockholm the day before that, on Saturday July 15th we arrived in St Petersburg for the start of

April 24, 2020 No Comments

Our visit to Tallinn came the very next day after our port day in Stockholm. The following two days would be spent in St Petersburg,

March 27, 2020 2 Comments

The 2019 cycle tour was from Montpellier, down on the Mediterranean, all the back up to the ferry port at Roscoff. The first part of

August 30, 2019 No Comments

So far, our Baltic cruise had followed the pattern of one day at port, followed by one day at sea, and repeat. In this way,

July 26, 2019 No Comments

After the hectic and crowded nature of last year’s package holiday to the Dominican Republic, this year we decided to go the other way. When

June 28, 2019 No Comments

After the our highly enjoyable port day in Bruges, we spent the next day of our Baltic Cruise at sea. The day after that, though,

May 31, 2019 No Comments

Having accepted that cruise holidays really do work for a family with teenage kids, we decided that our second cruise would be around the Baltic.

April 26, 2019 2 Comments

Our Baltic cruise wasn’t the first one we’d taken, but it was the first with Princess Cruises. Our first cruise had been during the 2015

March 29, 2019 No Comments

I’ve been on a couple of cruises now but before I went on the first one, I remember wondering whether cruise holidays were any good.

February 24, 2019 2 Comments

This year, for our annual half term skiing trip, we thought we’d try somewhere new, Zell am See in Austria. Most years we’ve been to France,