Just got back from our first ever cruise

[AlanW]

The highlight of being at sea, was watching a huge water spout develop behind us

 

[AlanW]

There seems to me a myth that you go on a cruise and sit in a sun lounger all day. On the three I have been on I’ve never sat in one.

There are many cruises where you arrive in a port early in the morning and can go ashore after breakfast for a choice of organised trips or do your own thing. The ship then leaves port later afternoon / early evening. At that time you will be having dinner and then maybe watch a show before going to bed. The next morning you wake up somewhere difference. Rinse and repeat.

Not all cruises have full days at sea and that is something I wouldn’t want to repeat.

This was our time table:

Day		Port	Arrival Time	Departure Time
1	Tue	Palma, Majorca		22:00
2	Wed	At Sea
3	Thu	Olbia, Sardinia	08:00	15:00
4	Fri	Naples (for Pompeii & Capri), Italy	08:00	18:00
5	Sat	Civitavecchia (for Rome), Italy	07:00	19:00
6	Sun	Ajaccio, Corsica	09:00	15:00
7	Mon	Palamos, Spain	09:00	17:00
8	Tue	Palma, Majorca	06:00

 

[AlanW]

And my favourite photo of the 313 that I took, this one!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I said we have only done one cruise

which is not totally true - we have done 2 others
but in a small boat - 3 crew and 8 guests crusing around Mull and a few nearby places

That was wonderful - lots of "nature" to look at at nice people
some days we stayed on board as we didn;t tie up at all - and just anchored ina bay overnight and set off again after breakfast

Totally different and we will do that again!