charlesjb2016

6 minutes ago, clo said:

But why not fly somewhere, rent a car and do your own thing at your own pace?

We do that too?  Think I'm missing your point.

30 minutes ago, clo said:

I'm curious why you go on cruises.  There are so many ways to travel that will keep you engaged.  I can't imagine only cruising.

I guess there's a happy medium between rest and recreation that we are looking for 🙂

They can be brilliant, they can be too much pampering for our tastes, for instance the Rhine Cruise we did in 2017 was the best holiday that I have ever had.  An 11 day cruise to Vanuatu a few years before was too much rest for us, other cruises have fallen in between.  Our next cruise is the Caledonian Canal, we'll see.

Charles

On 10/5/2019 at 7:59 AM, Taishartrueblood said:

Ok, I always enjoy the IDEA of vacationing.. but I get bored pretty quickly. I usually travel alone or with family (no spouse/kids), bring plenty of books, and do all the excursions I can. Even so, I get bored when I get back on the ship pretty quickly no matter the cruise line. I am a workaholic by nature and I like having something to do...

 

Anyone else in the same position as me? Any suggestions?

My wife and I are both workaholics, though give me a decent spy novel and I'm happy (I am easily amused...)

My wife's remedy is doing about ten jigsaws a day in the ship's library.

Charles

Thanks pacmom.  One final question - as there are no elevators, the stairs have good sturdy hand rails, right?

Cheers.
 

21 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

I have looked into this cruise as well, as the itinerary is very intriguing.  Be aware that Lord of the Glens has a more-formal dress code than the river cruises I'm used to:

Dress Code: Dress is generally smart casual, with perhaps a jacket worn for dinner. Extra efforts are normally made for the Welcome and Farewell receptions. Black Tie is not necessary.

Not quite as formal as some British cruise lines I've been looking at, but certainly more than the river cruises where a jacket is the exception on any night even for welcome and farewell evenings.

Ah missed that, interesting.  We did a cruise with Cunard earlier in the year, it took a few days to get used to the "dressing for dinner" ritual, but it's not all bad - there were gin cocktails..:)

Thanks pacmom.  My wife and I are thinking of doing this with her parents.

I do have three questions right now.
o. are there good vegetarian food options (my wife is vego)

o. would someone find it hard to walk around with a walking frame?  (They had no problems on other cruises)
o. were you happy with the food and service?

Charles

My wife and I are thinking of the Caledonian Canal "river" cruise next year, searching this site, I couldn't see any reference to it.

Has anyone been?  www.lordoftheglens.co.uk/ is the web page.

Online reviews are a glowing, which makes me wonder about sponsored journalism etc.

Thanks.

Great journal, I've seen many of those places on land, I planned to see them again on land, but nope, going to go by sea now 🙂

And an amusing footnote, when I first went to Skye in 1994, the drinking horn of the Macleods made such an impression on me that when I got home I bought a replica, many times filled it with claret and tried to drain it in one go.  Don't think I ever succeeded... 

Great review, we did this cruise with Avalon, slightly different tours, but close.

You said "we were curious as to whether or not there would be any deterioration in the Viking product".  I wondered exactly the same thing.  I've seen such an increase in Viking advertising, I was wondering if they were diluting an excellent product.  Question answered 🙂

Loving this thread, I read all 40 pages of comments 🙂

Anyway, just to add a vote for Avalon, I did their Amsterdam to Basel cruise and loved every second.  All the excursions were fantastic, all the meals were what you'd expect in a 4 star restaurant.  

We were on the Sun Princess in June and on day 8 started a jigsaw in the library, we met so many passengers. So cool...

Anyway, our first jigsaw was of two wolves, the second was of two eagles, that we didn't finish. Does anyone know the brand of the eagle jigsaw puzzle? I want to buy it so we can finish it.

Thanks,

Charles