Westy's Waves

Gratuities – always a talking point with very different opinions.  It seems you either are happy paying up front, or you like to tip the staff you want to at the end of the cruise.  For me I have to say I like to tip the staff that have served…

I hope you enjoyed my first blog about my recent Carnival Holiday.  I thought this blog I would concentrate on the ports of call we called into.   Barcelona, Spain Marseilles (Provence), France Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy Naples (Capri/Pompeii), Italy Fun Day At Sea Dubrovnik, Croatia Corfu (Kerkyra)…

I have the serious holiday blues – feels like an age since I was sipping cocktails on my balcony watching some amazing sunsets...   We had the most amazing holiday mainly due to the itinerary but also the group of people we were fortunate enough to hook up with.  …

Well at last the time has come for the Wests annual holiday.  By the time you read this I will be well and truly into the holiday.  We flew on Friday to Barcelona and stayed overnight and then joined the ship on the Saturday.  My husband and I love Barcelona…

So it seems all's not good at the Olympic Village for the athletes in Rio, with reports of dirty bathrooms, clogged toilets and exposed wires, sounds as though things need to improve before the games start next week, but some athletes won't have to stay there.  The US men's and…

Last weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to Amsterdam to visit Holland America’s newest ship the MS Koningsdam.  I have never been on an Holland America ship so was really looking forward to it, oh and also the fact that we were in Amsterdam for the night too.…

This weekend I am off to Amsterdam for a night with a few of my work colleagues to go and see Holland America's newest ship the Koningsdam.  It's a great opportunity to go and have a look at the ship - have lunch and of course take lots of photos…

Following on from my previous blog about my trip to Barcelona I thought I would go into more details about the tour I took called Barcelona highlights.   Out first hotel we stayed at was called the H10 Urquinaona Plaza which as I said was in a fantastic location just…

I have  always wanted to go to Barcelona for a City break, so I jumped at the chance when an opportunity arose for me to go for 2 nights to view some hotels that we are using for some of our itineraries.   So four couples were each given 2…

So last Saturday I completed a 21 mile 200 obstacle course called the Rat Race… I have to say it was the hardest thing I have ever done, physically and mentally.   This is what we looked like at the start and the end!!     Our race started at…