Author Archives: Barry

Finally managed to get back to some form of normality, still a weak but improving. Just a quick entry, as many of you know Lyn was born in the Highlands of Scotland. This is where we are now. Just a … Continue reading →

Well after 36 hours of pumping my bilge is well and truly empty! After 60 hours I finally plucked up the courage to start refilling. Amazingly in those two and a half days without food I didn’t feel hungry. I … Continue reading →

Well, I’m not sure what caused it, but I spent the whole night pumping out my own bilges, fore aft and sometimes simultaneously. Enough said…. no blog today!

Another great nights sleep, due in part to a fantastic Serbian Folk show last night. Their energy totally tired us out!! Unfortunately the photos are unable to convey the level of energy in the dancing. The performers were part of … Continue reading →

This morning we arrived in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. The more I hear of the Balkans countries and the former Yugoslavia, the more confused I get. It seems the Serbs wanted to pick a fight with everyone! Google will … Continue reading →

Confusion reigns! We are now sailing between Serbia and Romania. That shouldn’t be an issue, right? Wrong! Probably 90% of the passengers use their phones or smart watches to tell the time, this is not normally an issue. However when … Continue reading →

I know the titles get worse, but it’s hard to come up with new ones!! After another great nights sleep we headed off to breakfast, as usual a visit to the omelette station for me and this ship has pea-meal … Continue reading →

We both managed a good nights sleep last night after the Folk Night. Below are a couple of pictures of the group. We hadn’t moved since our 10 minute cruise across the Danube to Bulgaria last night. After breakfast we … Continue reading →

The rain continued last night, so we made a quick dash across the road for dinner at the same place we ate the first night. Not sure whether jet lag is still playing with us, but we both had problems … Continue reading →

We headed out for a meal last night, although we are pretty much in the centre of the city, restaurants are difficult to find. This is in stark contrast to other parts of the world, where cities are flooded with … Continue reading →