Next day was spent at sea, even though our next port was only a few hours away. We cruised all night, all the next day & the following night, apparently cruise passengers like this as its the time to relax - I just wanted to land somewhere.

Around 3000 passengers were on board & sunbeds had to be packed like sardines although some poolside areas looked more like seal colonies. I've never seen so many overweight, tatooed folk in one place. Our cabin is excellent & the balcony is a  neccessity after seeing some inside ones.

I'll be setting off from London in 11 hours & just discovered a glitch.

I can't use this blog-site while travelling because I use an android tablet and Weebly do not yet support the android platform.

So I'll be blogging on my google Blogger site called The Rail Traveller

Hope to see you there

This is my next trip departing a week tomorrow, Friday 15th.

It'll be overland through eight countries but only one visa is required - for Turkey - & that's simply £10 at the border so no preparation required. Just waiting for my through tickets from Railbookers who have also arranged my overnight accommodation - so no preparation required either.

One of the things I love about rail travel is stopping off wherever you want so I'm taking time out in Vienna and Budapest - cities I've never been to.