This was our 20th cruise. We have been with various companies on both large and small ships. We were cruising to Amsterdam, Belgium and France. Started with problems the day before we sailed when we received am email to say that the boat was going to be 3 hours late returning from its previous cruise. We did find that the boarding process was painless and were happy to find we had been up graded from inside cabin 485 to outside cabin723. This was a large clean cabin. Life boat drill wss next and to my amazement men and women were sepereted. This would be impossible to implement in a real emergency.
Next came dinner. The main dining room felt cramped so for the rest of the week we ate in the bistro. The food for every meal was good but tea and coffee facilities left a lot to be desired. Often no cups and hot water not always hot enough.
The cruise passed smothley with the exception of a change of ports. This ment we spent time in Honfleur which was an advantage.