Well point 1 has to be - don't those old folks moan!

We went along and reduced the average passenger age by about 10 years, but that didn't bother us, we like old people.

This was our first cruise and we were looking forward to seeing a bit of the holy land over Christmas. Of course, this is 2011 and we were expecting to lose some ports due to the Arab spring. We didn't expect to lose the whole of northern Africa though, (how careless can you be!), but we did. Psrtially, due to weather and partially due to the locals, but did we worry? Nah! We still enjoyed it, we've grown to know that a loss is usually a gain, and we did have some extra bits thrown in, we gained an extra day in Malta and a brilliant firework party on New Years Eve. Read more