The first impression upon walking through the corridors was the smell of perspiration; then the second is the smell of perspiration in our room. Then the strong smell of perspiration on our pillows. We asked for new ones, and were given four "new" ones that still smelled awful. I asked our steward to please get us new ones, from a new sealed package. This seemed to do the trick, but then they ...
This being our first Christmas away from Australia ever we were perhaps a little apprehensive.
The 17 hour Flight from Brisbane to Dubai was a killer but do able. After a night stopover in Dubai it was just a 6.5 hour hop to Rome where we had organised a drive to the Port ( Civitavecchia) by Private Car Service.
After the usual chaos of registering our details it was time to board.
The ...