Its not often I turn down a cruise… to be honest I am singularly the worlds worst person at saying no. I set my stall out at the beginning of every working year. “Thats it I’m working two weeks on

In the United Kingdom we do not discern the concept of ‘Spring Break’ other than to witness its representation in American movies. Yes, at a similar time of year those involved in academia at every level take some sort of

Finding a strong wifi signal in the caribbean is the holy grail for guest entertainers, indeed for all crew member on a ship who have spent any length of time away from home. So not only to find this, but

Today promised the delights of a ‘three flight’ travel day to a destination, which if flown direct, would take two hours. But no no no… I left my house at 6am this morning and I’ll be lucky if I hit

Trying to be grateful for small mercies. Be under no illusions, the annual annoyance to the 21st Century airport traveler is part and parcel of my weekly routine and excessive checks, scans, queues, delays, mix ups and the such like

I am sacrificing what I know to be the best Wild Boar Ragu I’ve ever eaten (and the worst service I’ve ever received) in favour of the most appalling sandwich I have ever consumed and super-fast wifi, here, on the

A supermarket bathroom is not my first choice venue to apply make up on a Wednesday morning but needs must after an already eventful start to the day.  I’m not so much upset that Steve put unleaded petrol into our diesel car,

I’ve done more air miles than Captain Kirk in the last month or so and I am currently on yet another aircraft bound for Fort Lauderdale to join the fabulous Celebrity Sillouette for a nine day transatlantic repositioning cruise to

One woman, two suitcases and a ticket to Barbados, i waited on the quayside in St Maarten for my transfer to the airport en route to the Celebrity Eclipse. Experience taught me though I was only taking an island hopper

Normally I wouldn’t consider writing two blogs in the space of a week for fear you’d all get bored of it and stop reading them. But as I perch on the bottom step of the entrance to the Internet cafe