It's been ages since my last post and a lot has happened.
We've been on holiday with my parents, David, Nicky and the boys. It was a special treat from my parents to celebrate their Ruby Wedding. They LOVE cruising and wanted to show us why they enjoy it. Mum let us "kids" choose the cruise ... and we opted for one taking in the Baltic Sea rather than the Med. Partly because of the heat (David doesn't do sun!) and also we thought there'd be less kids on board (so we could get them in the night nursery!).
The ship (Aurora - P&O) was huge. It had a 500 seat theatre, cinema, umpteen bars, four restaurants, three swimming pools, a paddling pool, fantastic childrens play area and food - 24 hours a day!!
In the two weeks on board we took in 7 countries, 8 ports of call and saw some fantastic sights. Copenhagen was wet (but we had a great time at Tivoli), Nynashamn pictuesque, Helsinki full of surprises, St Petersburg awe-inspiring, Tallinn amazing, the beach at Warnemunde was stunning (kids had a great time), Oslo was expensive (£9 for two beers!) and Kristiansand relaxing!
We had four sea days and the kids activities ensured we didn't stop! Every sea day there was a party put on for the kids. They had a ball. Ollie & Tom were also lucky enough to go on the bridge and meet the captain ... Dad, David and Jon were gutted they couldn't go (no adults allowed for security reasons!)
The food onboard was amazing. You could have anything you could wish for at breakfast. At 10.30 they wheeled out brunch (fab hot cheese & ham croissants), 12 noon onwards was lunch, Afternoon Tea from 2.30pm, childrens tea from 5pm (what a spread!), and dinner served from 6pm. Most nights we ate in the Alexandria Restaurant - silver service, although one night we did eat in the Pennants Grill - I've never seen such a thick cut of fillet Steak in my life (3"+ thick!).
Even with four kids in tow ... it was still a relaxing holiday. Although I did take two books and failed to read a single page! We can certainly see how Mum and Dad have caught the cruising bug ... and you never know, we may give it another whirl (once we've saved up some pennies or won the lottery!).
We've been on holiday with my parents, David, Nicky and the boys. It was a special treat from my parents to celebrate their Ruby Wedding. They LOVE cruising and wanted to show us why they enjoy it. Mum let us "kids" choose the cruise ... and we opted for one taking in the Baltic Sea rather than the Med. Partly because of the heat (David doesn't do sun!) and also we thought there'd be less kids on board (so we could get them in the night nursery!).The ship (Aurora - P&O) was huge. It had a 500 seat theatre, cinema, umpteen bars, four restaurants, three swimming pools, a paddling pool, fantastic childrens play area and food - 24 hours a day!!
In the two weeks on board we took in 7 countries, 8 ports of call and saw some fantastic sights. Copenhagen was wet (but we had a great time at Tivoli), Nynashamn pictuesque, Helsinki full of surprises, St Petersburg awe-inspiring, Tallinn amazing, the beach at Warnemunde was stunning (kids had a great time), Oslo was expensive (£9 for two beers!) and Kristiansand relaxing!We had four sea days and the kids activities ensured we didn't stop! Every sea day there was a party put on for the kids. They had a ball. Ollie & Tom were also lucky enough to go on the bridge and meet the captain ... Dad, David and Jon were gutted they couldn't go (no adults allowed for security reasons!)
The food onboard was amazing. You could have anything you could wish for at breakfast. At 10.30 they wheeled out brunch (fab hot cheese & ham croissants), 12 noon onwards was lunch, Afternoon Tea from 2.30pm, childrens tea from 5pm (what a spread!), and dinner served from 6pm. Most nights we ate in the Alexandria Restaurant - silver service, although one night we did eat in the Pennants Grill - I've never seen such a thick cut of fillet Steak in my life (3"+ thick!).Even with four kids in tow ... it was still a relaxing holiday. Although I did take two books and failed to read a single page! We can certainly see how Mum and Dad have caught the cruising bug ... and you never know, we may give it another whirl (once we've saved up some pennies or won the lottery!).
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