This is the year you’ll go cruising… now you’ve said it there’s no going back.
It’s never been cheaper according to our friends at Click&Go http://www.clickandgo.com.
They reported a 23% increase in 2019 with prices down by €136pp year on year.
Most popular destinations are Barcelona, Copenhagen and Palma.
All of which I know a thing or two about…
Keepers of the Flam
My father-in-law taught Casey Jones all he knew.
And then passed it onto his daughter, often at the end of a wind and rain-splattered platform.
Copying down train numbers.
Which is why we keep finding ourselves seeking out all manner of train-related nonsense when we’re away.
A lot of which is pretty good it must be said.
Such as Flam Railway in Norway on our MSC www.msccruises.ie trip up the fjords.
Of course dipping our toes in the fjords only left us wanting to submerge ourselves in the whole country.
Travel Department will complete the odyssey with Oslo as well as Bergen which I’ll be only too happy to revisit.
So you’ll cruise (let’s make that we’ll) along the UNESCO World Heritage site of Naeroyfjord.
You’ll see the glaciers and waterfalls of the former Viking stomping ground of Hardangerfjord.
And stand on a mountain top to take in the Eidfjord.
Before you enjoy the Flam Railway, one of the world’s most besutiful and steepest normal-gauge railway lines.
It was foggy when we went (it won’t be when you go) so we couldn’t see those mischievous trolls!
Prices start from €1569pp for seven nights including return flights.
B&B/half-board accommodation, guided excursions, a fjord cruise and a Flam railway journey.
Depart April-October 2020. Visit www.traveldepartment.ie.
Cruise with my first love
You’d think after 30 years she’d know me better.
That’ll be my first Travel love, TUI, whose newspaper branch I started this scribbling.
Or perhaps they know me too well with their list of five Travel New Year Resolutions they have set for me this year.
So they suggest that I do this:
Explore somewhere new. Tick.
Be more prepared. Mmmm… I thought that’s what you had people for!!!
Eliminate the stress. See above.
Pack smarter. Now, I am ahead of the eight-ball here having only taken on hand luggage, a rucksack, to go to Tobago.
Try it, you don’t need that DJ or cocktail dress, or full kilt.
Look your best. Again one change of clothes and the washing facilities of where you stay.
Or take something that you can leave and exchange for some clothes you buy,
11So we’re all prepared let’s go cruising.
TUI is offering a saving of €200 per booking for seven nights in an inside cabin with Spanish Delights from Cork to Majorca on the Marella Dream.
From €1,079. Use code CRUISE200. For sailings from May-October 2020.
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