Okay, okay.....you're probably scratching your head right now and wondering why our cruise blog is starting out with a photo of a grand old manor house instead of a photo of a brand new ship! I guess for some reason we thought the cruise wasn't quite long enough so we preceded it with a nine day stay on the Isle of Wight. We stayed at NorthCourt, the largest and grandest manor house on the island. It was built in 1615 and absolutely oozes with charm! We hiked the downs, including the scenic Tennyson Trail, and visited Osborne House, which was the summer home of Queen Victoria (the person....not the ship!) It seemed appropriate somehow!! We also literally "rang in" the new year with the bellringers at the medieval church across the road from NorthCourt! Speaking of the church....we particularly enjoyed the sentiment on one of the newer gravestones:
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