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CRUISING THE BRITISH ISLES
A CRUISER’S LIFE ABOARD CUNARD'S QUEEN VICTORIA
Story and Photos by Sharon Whitley Larsen
ust get on the ship and go!” That We recently took a 12-night British Isles
has been my recent philosophy cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria, which cele-
for cruising. I love ship life no brated its 15th anniversary in 2023). This was
“J matter what the itinerary. our first Cunard cruise, with 1,800 passengers
My husband Carl and I have been on 33 (including 1,300 British--and 231 from the
cruises over the past 20 years--ranging from 8 United States, including us), starting and end-
to 27 nights. For me, the longer, the better! ing in Southampton, England. Its itinerary in-
Especially sea days! cluded a few stops we had visited several times
before: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast (where we
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