Today started with a Rookie error! We had been advised that the ships clocks would go forward one hour at 2am on the night before we arrived in Ketchikan. We set our alarm early as we had an early shore tour booking – we’d get up at 6am and so…
In our itinerary today was listed as “Scenic Cruising the Inside Passage”. The early part of the day was in fairly open water so not a lot to see but later in the day we started crusing through more enclosed waters with views to the heavily forested landscape on either…
Day 1 We flew into a city that has been blanketed in smoke by the British Columbia fires! From the air it was very hazy and not much better on the ground. However our first time arriving into Canada was a dream as far as immigration and customs were concerned.…
One of the benefits of booking a suite on the ship is an early boarding time. We’d been advised to check in with Group A at 10 am so we were up and breakfasted and heading out the hotel door at 9.50. We rolled our bags down the block and…
It’s a roundabout route but with frequent flyer points to burn I was keen to get us to Vancouver in comfort. which meant snapping up whatever route Qantas was offering. So the first leg of our travels takes us to Tokyo for a day! As we have never been to…
It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the end of our marathon trip! We woke early in Hyannis and after breakfast packed up the car again for the last full day drive. ( As an aside, this hotel wasn’t our favourite. It was clean and spacious but a bit old and…
We were up bright and early and out the door by 8.30am for the short walk down to the dock for our cruise out to Nantucket island. More than 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and only 14 miles long, today it’s a very popular summer holiday resort (…
One thing about our holidays is that we always have a plan. Another thing is that things don’t always go as planned! After leaving Freeport today the plan was to head south towards Cape Cod with a stop along the way in Salem Massachusetts. You will probably know that Salem…
After the luxury of the three night stay in one bed we packed up the bags this morning and set out again. As we drove back off the island we passed one of the many “Lobster Pounds” that dot the area. These are places where fresh lobsters are prepared and…
We left Lincoln with a fairly long drive ahead of us, another of those “traveling” days. The first part of the drive was very scenic as we drove back through Franconia Notch and had an even better view of the peaks covered in foliage. After a few hours we crossed…
We continued to enjoy the fall foliage as we drove west from Stowe and eventually crossed into New Hampshire. We have visited this state before and these days would take us back to the area we had visited briefly in 2008. However this time we would be able to see…
Our next day was all about the drive. You might think our entire holiday is about the drive, but some days are focused on a particularly scenic byway as the “sightseeing” for the day. This was one of those days. We headed out of the hotel and on to drive…
