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Welcome aboard and nice to meet you. My wife and I are seasoned cruisers having first dipped our toes into the world of cruising in 1990, a one week cruise on board the Cunard Countess. The majority of our cruising has been with two cruise lines, Cunard and P&O. We have, however, sailed on 21 different cruise ships, some many times over, on 11 different cruise lines while completing 619 cruise nights on board.

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One Way to do Honfleur from Le Havre

April 10, 2023by solentrichard 8 Comments

  Honfleur in a Day   Hello and welcome to this edition of my series in How to do a port visit. This particular blog is designed to show how […]

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One Way to do Zadar, Croatia

January 27, 2023by solentrichard 5 Comments

The Croatian seaport of Zadar is fast becoming a popular stop for medium and smaller sized cruise ships…   …and, as my wife and I found, is an exciting place […]

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Celebrity Silhouette – 9 Night Spain & France Cruise

October 19, 2022by solentrichard 7 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a 9 night Celebrity Silhouette cruise…   …sailing to France and Spain from Southampton. We chose this particular cruise purely for its itinerary […]

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One Way to do Charlottetown, Prince Edward island, Canada

August 17, 2022by solentrichard 5 Comments

Charlottetown  is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.   It is a popular port with cruise ships and has a considerable historical heritage […]

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Lady Eleganza – Croatia and Adriatic Maiden Season

July 21, 2022by solentrichard 2 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from an entirely different style cruising that had been on our ‘bucket list’ for some considerable time. Indeed, we had originally booked this […]

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MSC Virtuosa – An Arabian Adventure

April 2, 2022by solentrichard 12 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from our second successful cruise aboard an MSC ship, The Virtuosa… We joined the ship in Dubai on a package that included  a […]

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Iona – A Pre-Christmas Cruise Diary

January 2, 2022by solentrichard 10 Comments

This was our second attempt at sailing on P&O’s latest addition to their fleet having had her ‘Original Maiden’ cancelled due to the dreaded Covid pandemic. This particular cruise was […]

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Emerald Waterways – Enchantment of Eastern Europe

November 8, 2021by solentrichard 5 Comments

This was one river cruise that proved a long time coming. Originally booked in 2019 for a cruise date of October 2020 the rest is history. Intended to be the […]

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Virgin’s Scarlet Lady Long Weekender

September 4, 2021by solentrichard 10 Comments

Having never subscribed to the view that one can make a valid judgement on a cruise ship or cruise line from a 3-day short cruise, I’ve always believed  that to […]

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One Way to do Port Elizabeth, South Africa

April 10, 2021by solentrichard 7 Comments

On a recent cruise my wife and I made our maiden call to Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. For most cruise  ship visits the big attraction for […]

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Death in Paradise

January 6, 2021by solentrichard 9 Comments

Hard to believe that it is still less than 12 months ago when my wife and I visited the port of Pointe a Pitre on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe. […]

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One Way to do Sydney, Nova Scotia

October 4, 2020by solentrichard 5 Comments

Exactly 12 months ago my wife and I visited the port of Sydney, Nova Scotia while cruising  Canada’s Eastern coastline aboard the P&O cruise ship, Arcadia…. Sydney is a former […]

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One Way to do St John’s, Newfoundland

September 20, 2020by solentrichard 4 Comments

St. John’s, a city on Newfoundland island off Canada’s Atlantic coast, has become a very popular port visit for cruise ships visiting Canada. It is the capital of Newfoundland and […]

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One Way to do Salerno

April 27, 2020by solentrichard 1 Comment

Salerno is a port city southeast of Naples, Italy,  and is often utilised by cruise ships for visits to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast. Indeed, Salerno is often […]

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MSC Preziosa – Yacht Club Experience

March 25, 2020by solentrichard 19 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a cruise that gave us our first experience sailing with MSC….   …onboard the MSC Preziosa… ***** …and a chance to evaluate […]

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One Way to do Darwin

February 15, 2020by solentrichard Leave a comment

This review of Darwin has come about following news of the diversion of Queen Mary 2 from the Asian leg of her World Cruise due to the Corona Virus outbreak. […]

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