NutLoose,
Ahh, the 'educational cruises'. Mine was '74 around the med in a bucket entitled SS Uganda. We passed 'our' sister ship in the middle of the Med. While we shaked and rolled Eastwards in our tub, the sleek and velte lines of the Canberra going Westwards left us with more than a tinge of envy.
Ours got off to a cracking start with a major storm in the bay of Biscay, Steak and Kidney pie with chocolate sauce, followed by sponge cake and gravy... I kid you not, they got them mixed up!!!!!
We then were due to arrive in Lisbon in the early hours of the morning, we awoke to find ourselves in Gibraltar, a failed military coup having taken place in Portugal as we were about to dock, hence the quick itinerary change, we then did Minorca, Majorca, Corsica, Naples, Capri, Pompeii, Stromboli, Rome, the Vatican etc.. we had loads of Canadians on board too.
My sister did her cruise on the Uganda, and mine on the Nevasa.
here you go, relive your history, that bucket carried on for another 12 years
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