8 August 2025 And so, pulling our suitcases after us because we have an early morning transfer to Gatwick airport, we barely give the...

06 August 2025 Whoo Hoo! The ship has docked and we can disembark in Belfast, our last Irish port. Growing up during the times of The...

04 August 2025 It is so easy to suddenly develop 20/20 vision after the fact. If I had a crystal ball and I could predict what was going...

03 August 2025 Carolyn and Laraine have opted to sleep in and to do their own thing today, so Marianne and I decide to make an early...

02 August 2025 I have been very complacent in the planning for this trip and I should have done more research. Simple... But this is...

01 August 2025 It is here in Dingle that I have have my greatest regret. I am not risk adverse, yet in the country where taking a risk is...

31 July 2025 The ship is not only not moving, but moored at Cobh Pier when I wake up this morning. From the window, I see a railway...

30 July 2025 With much anticipation and excitement, we boarded a bus that would take us to the Southampton Cruise Terminal, where we...

28 July 2025 I wake up to another brilliant day. It's warm, the sun is shining, and I am ready to face a very busy day with Natasha....

27 July 2025 Our brief two-day stopover in Paris is now over and we must continue with the next stop on our itinerary - London. We leave...

26 July 2025 We have two hours left on our HOHO ticket, and if we are quick, we should be able to tour around Paris once again. I want to...

25 July 2025 We wake up to a bright and sunny morning in Paris. Our hotel, Holiday Inn Opera Grandis, is centrally located and is about a...

24 July 2025 It is an exhausting day. Totally exhausting! Our flight leaves at 5:15 AM, and somewhere during our discussions about...

It has taken two years from the time we discussed how Carolyn would like to celebrate her 80th birthday to today, packed and ready to go....

Japan has been hovering near the top of my ‘bucket list’ for many years, so I am delighted that Tom had booked an all-inclusive cruise...

We arrive in at the Grand Nikko Hotel in Tokyo in the late afternoon and before leaving the bus, Mr Hiro advises that there are many...

My first glimpse of Mount Fuji is through the window of a very fast train, and I am left breathless. It is exactly as I imagined it to be...

In 1945, just after his 18th birthday, Dad joined the army as a volunteer and after about three months’ training was deployed to Japan...

Kyoto was the capital during the Edo period and continues to be the cultural centre of Japan. To be more specific, today, Kyoto has 2000...

When we moved into our house in 1988, there was a bamboo forest in the backyard that literally took years to eradicate. So, I am not too...