You don’t have to be cop-turned-cabaret singer Jack Grayling to work out that the Good Ship Murder is MSC, it’s deadly.
As soon as you see that deep purple lobby carpeting and Swarovski crystal staircases, all 80,000 bits of them, you know you’re home.
On the same MSC Virtuosa we sashayed down on a port visit in Dublin back in the day.
The Good Ship Murder is the new guilty pleasure Channel 5 whodunit in the sun (or whosunit if you will) for the winter.
Which glided into La Rochelle in its first outing last week.
Ooh La La Rochelle
It gave us the chance to see L’Ile de Ré, the port and the beaches where the wicked deed was done.
While the city in the south-west of France also boasts..
A medieval old town, Courbon Castle, gardens and Coulon, the Green Venice.
Of course, all the destinations on the show are on the MSC roster.
With the jewel of Portugal, Lisbon, trailed for this Friday, October 20.
We expect that the show’s writers will come up with more and more inventive plots and modus operandi.
But not having had an advance peek at the episodes we can only speculate.
That the choice of weapon this week is a poisoned Portuguese custard tart, the Pasteis de Nata.
Lisbon lie-ins
There are a choice of MSC cruises from Lisboa within Europe.
And like Magellan and Da Gama of old, across to the Americas.
When in port, of course, MSC put on a portfolio of itineraries.
So you will want to take in the noted Lisbon trams on a tour of the city.
While they will take you further afield to our old pilgrimage pit stop of Fatima.
And it never hurts to get the prayers in.
We can look forward in the coming weeks to visiting Valencia, Barcelona, Le Havre, Valletta and more in the coming weeks.
MSC Virtuosa accommodates over 6,000 guests.
With 10 dining venues, 21 bars, five swimming pools, top ents.
And Rob, the first humanoid robotic bartender at sea.
Now we notice that the fjords of Norway, where we visited with MSC, don’t seem to be on that list.
Where perhaps the genesis of the idea for The Good Ship Murder was formed!
When on a rainy morning on deck while leaning over the rail I felt a hand on my shoulder.
From my Scary One.
Still smarting from a perceived injustice, probably around maxing out the credit card in the on-board boutiques.
MSC, it’s deadly so enjoy The Good Ship Murder for what it is.
Because the only thing you’re likely to murder is the buffet.
