26/10/2022, Hamburg Germany, (0 NM) There was some fanfare, as expected, for this most prestigious cruise departure. AIDAmar swanned up the Elbe River from Hamburg-Altona through the middle of the night-lit city before turning for the long run downstream to the sea. Passengers, and landlubbers ashore, waved their lights on their phones and the ship’s …
We are expecting to start a long cruise on the 26th October out of Hamburg, but I was able to join the same ship a bit early for a more pedestrian five-day cruise in the English Channel. This was not without its own drama. Preparations for being away from home for an extended time involved …
During late August I packed up our temporary apartment in Frankfurt-Oberursel and got everything ready for moving back across country to Schulzendorf. By September 4th we were back in the boatyard in Preveza attempting to get boat repairs organised and failing in an attempt to source a new engine. Engines, like most other things, have …