Day 4

We’ve finally made it...Grand Princess and day 4 of my 50 day blog. When I first came up with this idea, I had no idea how many hurdles would need jumping before we reached this point....family issues, bereavement, work changes .....I won’t bore you with the details.

But here we are, in our lovely mini-suite on Grand Princess. As some of you know, Chris is not allowed to drive for health reasons. I despise the drive to Southampton, so  we used our Tesco vouchers to treble our ‘rewards’ and ordered our ’free’  train tickets from redspottedhanky.com. They arrived several weeks ago in a red spotted folder and we felt as if we were getting something for nothing.

We expected a  very straightforward journey, but the train ran out of fuel at Eastbourne and they dumped us all on the platform. (Chris wants to know how an electric train can run out of fuel). Anyway, we did finally reached Southampton, 10 minutes taxi to the port, and thanks to our new ‘platinum’ status priority boarding straight on to the newly refurbished Grand Princess. Now too late for lunch, we consoled ourselves  with our complimentary glass of bubbly following a brief introduction to our steward......our steward is called Aerial....Chris thought of washing powder, I thought of the little Mermaid, but he’s actually a charming Man from the Phillipines who folds pyjamas as if they are the most precious silk.  Tomorrow is one of two sea days. I will use the opportunity to update you on our cabin, the weather, and some general impressions.....See you then!

Claire