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To cruise or not to cruise?

That is the question.   After a wander around the new Saga cruise ship "Spirit of Discovery" all other summer vacation options are pretty much nullified. The "Cruising!" blog is linked on the right -----> I had hoped to have a bike holiday but we'll have to see.  Maybe I'll have to look at a short break somewhere. I had looked at Czech for the MotoGP and France for maybe a tour.

Saga Spirit of Discovery - The Visit

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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 ge...

Saga Spirit of Discovery

We have a taster visit booked on this ship in October. It's the new "boutique" ship for Saga. The visit includes lunch on board and a trip around to see the cabins and what they have to offer..