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Saga Spirit of Discovery - The Visit

Firstly. Let's get this out of the way.  The lunch was absolutely bloody marvellous.  From appetiser to the cheese and then a light sorbet for dessert.  The Angus steak perfectly cooked for me.  Cut like velvet.....  There were veggie options too.

The service from the crew was as expected top class.  It sounds snobbish (for a working class bloke!) to say that although I enjoyed last year's Norway cruise with P&O, Saga tops them for service and that idea that cruising is still a rich person's holiday. It's not of course.

Before that we had a coffee in the cruise terminal.  We went with friends, Ulli and John, but didn't get on the tour with them.

The ship is really nice and we had a trip around all the decks and a view of the cabins. This will be an all-inclusive ship and for us oldies, it's free of children!  

As it is almost new the show cabins were actually just cleaned as the ship was just back from a cruise, in fact there were many getting off as we got on about 1030.  Plus it was off away again later and as we were getting off the new passengers for a four day somewhere were getting onboard.

Incredibly, I forgot my phone at home (and my camera despite charging the batteries)  but Claire took loads of pictures on her phone to remind herself of the cabins and the layouts.  All have a balcony. In some of the standard cabins it's a little small but enough for two to enjoy the views (as long as it is warm!)





Claire was all enthused.  We'll have to see but 2020 might not happen with Saga as they don't go anywhere I want to go when I can go.

But. Enthused as she was, she began checking other lines.  Fred Olsen to Sweden and the Baltic?



Not ready to be taken!






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