Well it had to happen

I knew it would happen at some time, as sure as eggs is eggs. 

The postman came a knocking, and there it was, but it's still a bit of a mystery

Yes, it's  the shore excursion brochure from Fred for our upcoming mystery cruise.

Now the last mystery cruise we did was with Saga, and it included in the price (amongst other things )  a half day shore exec, and when we docked, you could pick up a leaflet to tell you what the excursion was, and you could then decide if you wanted the tour.

Since booking this cruise, the issue of how the shore exec was going to work had crossed my mind many times.

So inside we have port 1 to 7, again more news, the original itinerary stated 6 ports. With a sort of description of what the tour involves. So at the top end you can book a full day tour in port 4 where there is an overnight stay for £80. The description is a panoramic drive and walking tour somewhere.

So would you book a tour that is £160 for two people that you really know nothing about.

I really think this is something Fred has not thought enough about.

So we may book one or two of the shorter half day walking tours ( we do like them ), and hope we have not done them before.

But internet availability dependant, you will of course be able to follow our travels as the mystery unfolds with this blog.

And just to get us in the mood, our local in the village are holding a murder mystery evening this weekend, so we are going along to that. 

I'm Confused.com

So this week our "Your Holiday Information" booklet arrives from P&O Cruises for our upcoming cruise up to the Arctic Circle to hopefully see the Northern Lights.

Now we had booked our shore excursions some time ago on line, but we still like to browse.

Now one of the shore excursions we have already booked is "in search of the northern lights" I guess you can tell by the title what it's all about.

Now this is obviously a popular excursion, therefore quite a few are listed, for differing start times in the evening and thier respective return times. 

However, the last three are listed start at 20:00, 21:30 and 22.30 but all with the same return time of 23:45.

Now I'm sure it's probably just a typo, but such an obvious one that you would think someone would proof read these before they are sent out.

Or is it just me ?

Answers on a post card to ........

Shore Excursions

Well, at last we got around to looking at the shore excursions on line for our upcoming cruise in September. We have been to Amsterdam on quite a few occasions now, the last time only being a few weeks ago on Fred Olsen Black Watch (see previous post).

Even with all these visits, we have never made it to Anne Franks house, so we thought we would fix that this time. Also, as we overnight in Amsterdam, we are taking a night time canal cruise, and if it's any were near as good as sunset tour we did in Boston last year, it will be something to look forward to.