Southampton

We travelled to Southampton to stay the night before departure. After a meander through the seafront and the marina, we had a lovely dinner at the Maritimo Lounge overlooking the marina.

After breakfast the following morning, and with a taxi booked mid-afternoon to take us to the ship, we had to find something to do in Southampton...and actually had a lovely day! We visited the Southampton City Art Gallery which had a fabulous painting of Napoleon and a lovely Gainsborough amongst other bits and pieces. It also had a fascinating throwback to COVID with benches still bearing the message of 'one person or one household' to sit on them! We walked back through the parks of Southampton's cultural quarter, past Palmerston's statue, Jane Austen's house, the Tudor House and the Southampton Castle ruins, finishing at the Dancing Man Brewery where we enjoyed some lovely beer flights of their many, many beers!Read more