buchhalm

Really? Some random bush? My Nana's garden in Verona. Might as well be.

Correct. Your turn

That one should be easy. . 🙂

Alhambra/Granada, Spain?

Nice one. I sit this one out as I recognise it... 🙂

It is. The cathedral in Newcastle, NSW. Photo taken from an apartment I rented in Newie. Your turn for the next challenge

Nope....

Ok... It is in Australia....

Sorry, no. Further south...

It seems that watching too much "Outlander " with my wife paid off. Next picture to guess:

Scotland/Shetland Islands???

Correct I didn't want to be mean and crop the photo ...

Where was I?

Timaru in NZL?

I am quite sure that airlines don't open check-in for individual flights until 3 hours before departures. Drop bags at the luggage storage at City Extra restaurant at Circular Quay (5 minute walk from the ship). If shopping is your aim, Westfield Bondi Junction is huge (for Australia) with everything from $2 shops to Ultra-high-end boutiques. Direct buses from Circular Quay or 1 change on the train. And the Boxing Day sales will be on!

It SO depends on the cruise line. I pack different for two weeks on Cunard than two weeks on Celebrity.

For those interested, Celebrity just put on a "Flash sale", with pretty good discounts on some 'upgrade' products. I upgraded from Classic to Premium beverage package at 35% discount

They'd pack everything in 15 minutes. Chucked into your bags. Unless you travel with Sikverseas. They won't be neatly folding your undies.

"I won't belong to a club that accepts me as a member " (Oscar Wilde)

I was looking for some juicy gossip on the NCL pages, but couldn't find the appropriate thread...

I just heard on some radio station that 8 passengers were "left stranded" by NCL on the island nation of Sao Tomé, after missing the last tender following a private tour. Various version of the story with more or less in-depth reporting or sides of the story on news websites. 6 Americans and 2 Australians. I am feeling very mildly sorry for these people...

Well, (fee paying) members of the European Broadcasting Union, actually. Anyway, Eurovision was a lot more fun when they had to sing (at least in parts) in their national language. I remember when they even had a live orchestra which EVERYONE had to use. They only used their own conductors. Then countries started to split up and Yugoslavia turned into several separate countries. Then the ...stans and Baltics came along and we had several dozens of entries. With pretty much interchangeable techno doof-doof music. And don't get me started with convoluted and incomprehensible, and ever-changing voting systems . Still. Infuriatingly addictive to watch.

Yes. It's now the embarrassing drunk uncle you HAVE TO invite to the wedding.

Ok, bite me. But ONE Elvis (or any other) tribute act per cruise is fine. But an entirely impersonater cruise sounds like hell to me. Something for the die-hard fans only. That said, I would have booked the Eurovision Song Contest cruises in Europe, had I known about those.