January 19, 2023 – Crete, Greece The morning began with a colorful sunrise! We were anchored at the port in Heraklion Greece, which is on the island of Crete. Home to Zeus Crete is the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea The day started with a trip to the Arkadi Monastery and the small resort …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
January 11, 2023 Today was our first port day and after 8 days on the ship I was ready to venture out. It was a cold day and rain was predicted so I suited up for the cold in three layers, umbrella in side pocket, camera in dry bag, map in pocket and headed out …
January 10, 2022 The QM2 can accommodate 2,620 passengers, in addition to 1,200 crewmembers. Our voyage has about 2000 passenger on her right now and once we get to Southamption about 1500 of them will depart and 1000 will board. There are only 332 of us who are doing the whole 117 days. What type …
January 7, 2023 I was very concerned about the number of “at sea days” because I was sure that I would be bored, well that has not happened!!! There is so many things schedule that there are tough choices to be made when there are 3 events at the same time. Before the trip started …
January 3, 2023 Boarding the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) was an incredible experience from the moment I arrived and saw her up close I was so excited!! I have never been on a ship the size of Queen Mary 2 it is quite different than my normal 200 passenger ships. She is almost a ½ …
World Cruise – NYC – 1/1-1/3/2023 Since my ship was leaving out of NYC and the airlines are so unreliable I decided to fly in two days early and explore the city! Thankfully I did that because I had one of the worst travel days that took 15 hours instead of the scheduled 5 hours. …
