Gettingwarmer Posted May 2, 2021 Author #1176 Share Posted May 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Aulanis said: If anyone is interested in Greece we are currently watching PBS America on freeview 84 As nothing ?else was on we stumbled upon this- started at 1 35 THis is Greece 2-40 athens 3.55 the peloponnese 500 the cycladic islands 6-15 rhodes We will certainly be looking at this for future viewing Been watching this during the afternoon. Loved seeing Rhodes. Lovely memories of visits to Greece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulanis Posted May 2, 2021 #1177 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Yes, I think I said before Rhodes is one of the places we were looking to get to, last/this year having watched this a cruise visit isnt going to be enough. We are now following it Ancient asia civilisations , serengeti ,teotihuacan's lost kings. Dont know how we are going to get anything done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted May 3, 2021 #1178 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Zeebrugge 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted May 3, 2021 #1179 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Bruges 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 3, 2021 Author #1180 Share Posted May 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Aulanis said: Yes, I think I said before Rhodes is one of the places we were looking to get to, last/this year having watched this a cruise visit isnt going to be enough. We have visited by ship and also stayed at a hotel by the beach and walked into Rhodes town every day. Walked inside, outside, outside between the walls and around on the top of the walls. So much to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted May 3, 2021 #1181 Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) Took the Coastal Tram from Zeebrugge to the seaside town of De Haan. For an alternative to Bruges the Coastal Tram is worth investigating. Edited May 3, 2021 by bee-ess 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzywiz Posted May 3, 2021 #1182 Share Posted May 3, 2021 More lovely photographs of Holland and Belgium which conjure up happy memories of times spent there in the early 70s when we were newly married and before children!. I'm staying on board for the next few days as we head across the Channel to start our 'Round the British Isles' leg of this epic voyage. Tomorrow we head to Dover and then up the East coast to places like Tilbury, Felixstowe, Hull , Newcastle. Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and the Orkney and Shetland Isles.....tasters for the new 'Staycation' cruises. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 3, 2021 #1183 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Spent a week in Bruges with a friend in 1983 - my first holiday as a grown up. A pre-digital photo from that holiday. Next visit was 30 years later in 2013. I could then afford to eat in the fancy tea rooms! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted May 3, 2021 #1184 Share Posted May 3, 2021 35 minutes ago, Izzywiz said: More lovely photographs of Holland and Belgium which conjure up happy memories of times spent there in the early 70s when we were newly married and before children!. I'm staying on board for the next few days as we head across the Channel to start our 'Round the British Isles' leg of this epic voyage. Tomorrow we head to Dover and then up the East coast to places like Tilbury, Felixstowe, Hull , Newcastle. Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and the Orkney and Shetland Isles.....tasters for the new 'Staycation' cruises. I will have to leave the cruise now as we have not been on any 'round Britain' cruises. We have been to Ireland though so may nip back if you visit there. Thank you Gettingwarmer for starting this and Izzy for keeping it going, I've thoroughly enjoyed participating and have enjoyed seeing all the photos. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 3, 2021 #1185 Share Posted May 3, 2021 2016 - Princess excursion to Damme. Then on to Loppem Castle. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckett Posted May 3, 2021 #1186 Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Izzywiz said: More lovely photographs of Holland and Belgium which conjure up happy memories of times spent there in the early 70s when we were newly married and before children!. I'm staying on board for the next few days as we head across the Channel to start our 'Round the British Isles' leg of this epic voyage. Tomorrow we head to Dover and then up the East coast to places like Tilbury, Felixstowe, Hull , Newcastle. Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and the Orkney and Shetland Isles.....tasters for the new 'Staycation' cruises. Looking forward to your next series if photos Izzy - they are always so well taken. I'm on a "staycation" so the next ones will be of special interest. Have a good day. Jane.x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 3, 2021 Author #1187 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Bruges 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulanis Posted May 3, 2021 #1188 Share Posted May 3, 2021 (edited) Ha ha - I have some pictures of Zebrugge stayed in Bruge on a land tour many moons ago so had to see what Zeebrugge had to offer. Answer - not a lot- though plenty of beach. There is now even less as the Submarine has been scrapped. Thank you bee-ess for contributing to this, your pictures have been wonderful. We have not really cruised the uk either nor have we visited much by land. Often find on cruises Americans have been to more places in uk than we have. Will look in at the pics though no chance of us doing a seacation. Still the show that evening was very good. Edited May 3, 2021 by Aulanis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted May 3, 2021 #1189 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Our last visit to Bruges 2017. We decided to do the Bruges on Your Own trip. It seemed a long walk from the coach drop of point to the centre and most of that in the rain. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplesea Posted May 3, 2021 #1190 Share Posted May 3, 2021 A few more 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzywiz Posted May 4, 2021 #1191 Share Posted May 4, 2021 We reach home territory today as we begin the last leg of our journey around the world with easterly ports in Britain. Tomorrow we continue our circumnavigation by visiting Greenock, Belfast, Dublin and Cobh. We have sailed out of Dover in 2006 as we headed to the Baltic and ended a cruise from South Africa in Dover in 2015 but I don't have many pictures. Dover .... My pictures of Edinburgh are from a weekend visit in 1998 which was a wonderful surprise organised by my DH for my 50th birthday... My last pictures for this part of the cruise are from a land tour of Scotland in 2005 when we passed through Inverness and stopped at Loch Ness. I'm hoping some of you have pictures of the Orkneys and Shetland Islands as these are also on our 'to do' list..... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 4, 2021 Author #1192 Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) If you cruise from Tilbury you are likely to stay overnight in London and take the train down on the day. Likewise you would normally take an excursion to London midtrip. But if you want a few hours off ship then you can walk down the river to the Worlds End pub, next door is Tilbury fort where Elizabeth I made her speech to her troops before they attacked the Spanish Armada. "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king..." Edited May 4, 2021 by Gettingwarmer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 4, 2021 Author #1193 Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) Alternative at Tilbury take the ferry next door to the terminal to Gravesend and visit the grave of Pocohontas. Edited May 4, 2021 by Gettingwarmer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gettingwarmer Posted May 4, 2021 Author #1194 Share Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) In Edinburgh we visited the Royal Yacht Britannia. Edited May 4, 2021 by Gettingwarmer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 4, 2021 #1195 Share Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Gettingwarmer said: In Edinburgh we visited the Royal Yacht Britannia. We’re planning on going up to Edinburgh in September and hope to visit the Royal Yacht. Great photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 4, 2021 #1196 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Invergordon - Loch Ness cruise and Urquhart Castle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 4, 2021 #1197 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Orkney. Italian Chapel Scapa Flow St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardennais Posted May 4, 2021 #1198 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Shetland Lerwick - Britain’s most northerly town Trip to the rugged Eshaness coast 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzywiz Posted May 5, 2021 #1199 Share Posted May 5, 2021 It was so interesting to see th pictures of Tilbury, Edinburgh, Loch Ness and the Orkneys and Shetlands. I think that sometimes we don't appreciate the variety of our own country. Tomorrow is our last cruise day of this Epic Voyage Around the World as we sail back across the Irish Sea to the west coast of mainland Britain with the ports of Liverpool, Holyhead, Bristol, Fowey and Portland. We haven't been to Greenock or Belfast so I';m looking forward to seen photos of those areas. We were in Dublin and Cobh following a Transatlantic crossing in 2018. Dublin... the Wicklow Mountains..... Glendalough and St. Kevin's Monastery 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzywiz Posted May 5, 2021 #1200 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Cobh... Cork.... Blarney Castle.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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