In the days leading up to this cruise, Turkey had a failed coup attempt. With that in mind, many cruise ships were skipping or replacing stops in Turkey with either a sea day, or another port in the area. Our cruise had made no announcement as to what the plan was at that point, and when … Continue reading Part 8 (Kusadasi, Turkey) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Well, I am back from my Disney vacation and I will write more about that later, but let me tell you…I thought the Mediterranean in July was hot, it was NOTHING compared to Orlando in September! But! That’s a story for another day. Onward and upward (or not) to Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki is the second … Continue reading Part 7 (Thessaloniki, Greece) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Ah, Athens. If you are at all interested in history, mythology, government, religion, finance, politics, heck almost any subject can tie back to this ancient city in some way. And no surprise, it has been inhabited for the last 7000 years continuously. And not just inhabited, but a cultural, economical, and social centerpiece of the ancient … Continue reading Part 6 (Athens, Greece) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
Thursday we were in Chania, Crete. I did not have a tour scheduled for this port, there were very few private tours that I found and in the research that I had done it seemed to be a fairly straighforward port. Take a shuttle to the Old Town…hang there. It really did not turn out … Continue reading Part 5 (Chania, Crete) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
After a fairly uneventful, yet totally relaxing sea day, our first port of call was Katakolon. Until I started planning, I was not familiar with this area at all. Of course, once I did a bit of digging and realized that this area was the site of the first Olympic Games, I knew that I needed … Continue reading Part 4 (Katakolon) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean
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