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Queen Elizabeth
Sail date: July 01, 2017
QE Arts and Literary Cruise of British Isles
Glasgow was too far from port. The people of Greenock were most welcoming. We did a few small van tour with volunteers. The only cost was a tip which we did generously because the tour was so good.
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR (EDINBURGH), SCOTLAND
We did a walking tour on our own. Loved the Royal Mile. Had an excellent cab driver.
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Another surprise. This tiny island is British, French and independent. It's beautiful, the kind of place you'd like to go for an entire holiday. Wish we had known the Victor Hugo house tours would have been booked for the day by the time we arrived.
It was our embarkation port.
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Fascinating part of Scotland. We did the Skara Brae tour which was good despite my dislike of coach tours.
Invergordon (Inverness & Loch Ness), Scotland
Invergordon was too far from Inverness. The port day was short. Invergordon was a charming town.
We did a walking tour with Pat Liddy tours. It as good but the group was too large. Non paying visitors kept joint the tour. I would probably choose a different tour next time.
Not sure why this was included in a British Isles cruise. It took up two days.
One of the biggest surprises of the ports. I thought Liverpool was only about the Beatles, but I was so wrong. It's about shipping and trade, the Mersey River, World War II communications and the Blitz, a thriving economy, a new shopping and entertainment complex called Liverpool One, the largest Chinatown in the world outside china, a maritime museum commemorating the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the slave trade from Africa to America. It's about music before and after the Beatles. Someday I'll go back. It's an awesome city. We were greeted by lively musicians playing “All My Lovin” as we entered the city from the cruise terminal.
Queen Elizabeth
Take the lefts to the 9th deck or the 3rd deck for walking from bow to stern so that you have beautiful common areas to traverse rather than narrow cabin hallways. ALWAYS go up to deck 9 or 10 for the sail away. It's the most exciting part of the cruise experience.
