THE SCOTTISH ADVENTURES OF A CRUISE SHIP ADDICT

Monday 3 November 2008 - Dubrovnik, Croatia This is my third visit to Dubrovnik. I love the place. There is something magical as you approach the battlements and the walled city. This was the first place I ever visited when I went cruising. Back in 1986 Agnes and I flew to Dubrovnik to cruise on Sea Princess for a week, visiting Izmir in Turkey, Athens, Santorini, and Corfu. That was before the war and they had a little cable car which took tourists up to the top of the hill. You could get a wonderful view of the city. This is where I also met 'my little church'. I'm not at all religous, and I don't usually visit religous buildings, unless they are Greek Temples, but I always visit this little church in Dubrovnik. Evie came along with me. We counted the steps up to it - she got 36 and I got puffed out and needing resuscitation. Until then Evie had been fairly quiet, but as soon as we got in the church she felt this sudden urge to babble!  After leaving the church we hea...

From tomorrow, my blog will slightly change as I will be heading on board QE2 for her last proper cruise before she goes off to Dubai. I'm not sure whether posting this blog from QE2 will be easy or not, so it might be a little sporadic.  I am in port on these dates: 29 Oct   Lisbon (last time I was here it was so foggy I couldn't see the huge bridge across the Tagus! We were right under it!) 31 Oct   Sardinia  1 Nov   Naples (Pompeii)  2 Nov Sicily (its a Sunday - everything will be closed)  3 Nov Dubrovnik (gorgeous)  4 Nov Zakinthos (there's nothing there - I'll get to practice my Greek on the locals)  5 Nov Athens (The Acropolis)  8 Nov Gibraltar (Shopping - ye-hey!)  9 Nov Vigo (its a Sunday again - 4th time lucky, I'm hoping to finally get to visit this place!) 11 Nov Southampton (a big party!) We're taking two stowaways with us: Oscar, my daughter Evie's school teddy, and Rex, the rhinocerous from my aunty's work.