THE SCOTTISH ADVENTURES OF A CRUISE SHIP ADDICT

Wednesday 29 October 2008 - Lisbon Well this morning was great fun. I woke at two o'clock feeling seasick and the ship was rolling. Speaking to a couple of passengers, they had glasses falling off ledges, bottles of water off shelves, clothes falling off hangers, and people almost rolling out of bed. One of the shops lost 5 ghastly QE2 limited edition plates - I can only think it was a blessing! Evie and Campbell took off for Lisbon on the shuttle bus. Evie got off the bus and then started asking Campbell "when do we go home?" Despite ice cream, drinks and a new watch, he had to take her home early. Nana, Agnes and I thought we'd take a short stroll around the marina as we had been to Lisbon before. Then we decided to walk a short distance to the monument. Short distance my foot! It was about a mile. I was totally exhausted and we had to take a taxi back! Evie, Campbell and I had dinner in the informal restaurant called the Lido. It was a French Evening. We tried to c...

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.