January 17,2023 Masquerade Ball and Captain’s Party Tonight was the first Captain’s party that the QM2 has held since COVID and I was invited! The QM2 was on a world voyage when COVID shutdowns started and discontinued the voyage when they got to Sidney. All of those passengers scrambled to get home from Sidney. Cunard …
World Voyage – Mediterranean Sea
January 16, 2023 Leaving Lisbon we headed south till we got to the Rock of Gibraltar turning east to enter the Mediterranean Sea. Once we entered the Mediterranean the weather changed substantially. The sky is blue, the water is calm and the temperature is in the 60’s. This is my first time in the Mediterranean …
World Voyage – Lisbon, Portugal
January 14, 2023 We arrived in Lisbon in the early morning and the city was fogged in! As I headed off the ship I could barely see the Christ the King statue and the 25 de Abril Bridge! A bit about Lisbon….. Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population …
World Voyage – Send off from Southampton
January 11, 2023 As we departed Southampton the celebration of the Centenary World Voyage began. Cunard is celebrating its 100th anniversary of its pioneering world cruise, and the first-ever continuous circumnavigation of the globe by a passenger liner. The voyage I am on is a recreation those first voyage mirroring many ports of call from …