This was our third cruise with Independence of the Seas, a ship which we love very much. We had a little bit of space in our calender, so we decided to book the Cobh 4 day and the 3 day Le Havre breaks, departing from Southampton.

The weather was not good on the first morning, and we had already checked the weather for the week ahead, so we knew it would not be nice in Ireland, but we were expecting good weather for France.

We checked in the evening before sailaway, at a local Hotel in Southampton, and met up with fellow cruisers we had met on the boards of Cruise Critic, this was a lovely evening, and a lovely meal at a Spanish restaurant, which we had pre booked. Read more