And we’re back, Jack, Kate and the Good Ship Murder gang going on an adventure with MSC on our minds.
The British Channel 5 cruisedunnit is the perfect vehicle to promote our ship pals’ destination.
With the Christmas special dropping in on Alicante and behind the cloisters of St Ignatius Chapel.
Where Sister Tomasina has had an ‘apparition’ which has turned the Spanish town into a pilgrimage.
All of which asks for us to suspend our beliefs.
Mind you, in superstitious, religious Spain fact and fiction can meld and Alicante does have its own myth.
La Peregrina, or Pilgrimage of Santa Faz, which attracts thousands every year, on the second Thursday after Maundy Thursday.
Oui, we Cannes
Peregrinos walk eight kilometres from from the Co-Cathedral of San Nicolas in the historic cente to the Monastery of Santa Faz.
Where the cloth bearing the image of Christ’s face is preserved.
And that’s a mystery that retired tec/cruise crooner Jack and his wingwoman Kate the captain-in-waiting could surely solve.
Of course their Alicante adventure is a window for us to check out MSC’s packages.
The Good Ship wends its way to the French Riviera and glitzy Cannes where inevitably the credits roll on a film star.
Hamam’s the word
And then up the Bosphorus into Istanbul where a wellness guru gets it and the finger of suspicion points to a disgruntled patient.
Now if only they had just gone onshore to the Cagaloglu Hamam.
Where everyone from Florence Nightingale to John Travolta have soothed their weary bones and souls.
We’re promised Crete, Cape Verde, Valletta, Ibiza, and Ancona in the coming weeks,
Giving us all a virtual top up on our tans from the comfort of our own homes.
And prompting us to dip our foot in the sea, although, of course, we already have and can recommend the fjords with MSC.
Med up our minds
We know you better though and that you need your sunny cruise, so we’re passing on to you
Guests travelling from Dublin can fly to Barcelona and enjoy a seven-night cruise on board MSC Grandiosa from €1,199 on October 29.
With ports of call including Cannes, Genoa, La Spezia, Civitavecchia and Palma De Mallorca.
With the offer valid on new bookings made up to April 7.
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