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Sailing the Seven Seas

Written by lorna 29 May 2011 3 Comments

Most girls’ idea of luxury travel would be flying first class, or being chauffer driven in some fancy sports car – well, not for this Travelette! Having taken inspiration from the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film, I recently embarked on a little mini trip from England to Belgium by … you guessed it …. by boat!

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I was a little nervous about sailing, because the idea of a 31,598 ton metal mass floating on the North Sea perplexes and also petrifies me; and as if that wasn’t enough – unfortunately I also get violently sea sick! Therefore, one of the first things I did onboard was to locate the life jackets and as you can see I was very happy when I’d found them (or am I the only one who watched Titanic a few too many times?!).
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The boat itself was actually pretty cool; there was an onboard cinema, restaurant, casino, piano bar and even evening karaoke; what more could a Travelette on the seas desire? What I’ve also discovered, is that sailing is a great and really inexpensive alternative to flying! Not only is it considerably better for the environment, the price of the return trip for 3 of us was cheaper than a return ticket for 1 via plane– and there was the added advantage of being able to take the car and spend the night afloat.

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Despite the fact the ports of Hull and Zeebrugge were both incredibly barren I found them really interesting; the fog and the dusk departure created a great atmosphere and it was fascinating to watch the Captain navigate the gigantic boat in and out of such tiny channels.*

We travelled with P&O ferries (they also do trips between the UK & France, the Netherlands and Ireland) and I’m already looking forward to my next trip aboard! Eat your heart out “Captain” Jack Sparrow.

(*geek alert geek alert)

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3 Comments »

  • Katja said:

    adorable post, lorna!

    # 29 May 2011 at 2:29 am
  • marie said:

    I have to agree… sailing is the BEST!!!! <3

    # 29 May 2011 at 5:54 am
  • Nina said:

    This is just perfect. We might be taking the ferry from Calais to Dover in July and I am excited!

    # 29 May 2011 at 7:47 am

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