Thursday, April 7 When we woke, the ship was docked in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados. We bid a fond farewell to cabin 920, our home for the past 9 days, at 8:00, joined our next door neighbours for breakfast and then proceeded to deck 3 to depart the ship. We were shuttled to the […]
Wednesday, April 6 – Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines More than 30 islands make up St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Bequia is the largest of the Grenadines, albeit a very small island only 8 km long with about 5000 inhabitants. Bequia is a very scenic island with rolling hills and and beaches. We […]
To celebrate the upcoming British royal wedding, Royal Caribbean International has introduced an exclusive Royal Caribbean wedding package for couples wanting to get married at sea. The Royal Wedding package offers engaged couples, or those looking to renew their vows, the opportunity to have a symbolic ceremony on-board one of the cruise line’s 22 ships. […]
Tuesday, April 5 Dominica is a small island, part of the British commonwealth, and arguably the most lush island in the Caribbean. It is a mountainous island, with extensive rain forests, waterfalls and sulphur springs. We docked at Roseau, and then arranged an island tour along with some others on our ship ($20 USD/person for […]
My first river cruise was a 15 day Grand European Tour with Viking River Cruises from Budapest to Amsterdam on the Danube, Main-Danube Canal and the Rhine rivers. We arrived in Budapest a day ahead and stayed at the InterContinental Budapest Hotel which was fantastic. We had a river view room, the view is amazing. […]
Sunday, April 3 * as a note, Sunday is a great day to have a day at sea as so much is closed in the ports We thought the “day at sea” blog was the perfect opportunity to talk about the things we have come to love about the Silver Whisper. Carey is a […]