As you are all aware I have just been on cruise number three!!! Fred Olsen - Black Watch - Arriving home shortly after 1pm today - Yes I know I'm keen but I feel I've got so much to share with you all that I better get cracking! Even if I am sat here swaying like I'm still on the ship! (Quite funny feeling)
Lets start with Itinerary as this has been a bit of a magical mystery tour this week and what was meant to happen:
Friday 10th Dec - Embarkation at Southampton
Saturday 11th Dec - Ijmuiden for Amsterdam -Netherlands
Sunday 12th Dec - Cruise Kiel Canal
Monday 13th Dec - Copenhagen - Denmark
Tuesday 14th Dec - Travemunde - Germany
Wednesday 15th Dec - Cruise Kiel Canal
Thursday 16th Dec - Ostende - Belgium
Friday 17th Dec - Disembarkation in Southampton.
Just to gloat slightly – I'm am on Annual leave from Friday 10th December until Monday 20th December!
I know it hasn’t gone unnoticed, but Christmas is nearly upon us and everyone here at Cruise.co.uk is starting to feel the Christmas spirit and lots of passengers are calling us asking about cruise deals 2011. I however am looking forward to my pre Christmas Cruise, I set sail on Friday on the Fred Olsen Black Watch with my good friend Paul and we are both looking forward to hitting the Christmas markets in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Travenmunde and Ostende, so ill have lots of Christmassy Photos to show you all when I get back to work on 20th December.
The itinerary is really impressive and I’ve been looking at shore Excursions, working out what to do and where to go! Paul's happy there is a gym on board so he can keep up his fitness regime whilst we are away, I’m looking forward to relaxing whilst on board so I will mostly be enjoying the spa treatments and a good book or three – I’m a bit of a speed reader!
I’m looking forward to actually getting into Belgium this time as I missed Bruges on the Christmas party cruise.
Any recommendations for Travemunde???
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As you may have noticed Christmas is just around the corner and Cruise.co.uk are heading out this weekend for the annual Christmas Party – which we are lucky enough to be have an amazing team of managers who have organised for us all to go on the P&O Aurora for two nights to Brussels and back, now we have organised our own coach in Brussels to pick up those who want to explore Brussels, as there is so many of us, we just are planning a shopping trip perhaps a coffee or two and lunch and then head back to the ship for early preparations for the formal night – I’m sure picture will follow. But it got me thinking about shore excursions, how much they are and what type of things people do.
Shore excursions obviously depend on the cruise line, where your going and what is available, they are known to start from half day to full day and the most expensive one I’ve seen so far was about $10,000 for a private Ferrari hire and helicopter ride. But for ‘normal’ folk this is going to be out of the budget, but there are many more wallet friendly trips.
