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Day 20, Istanbul
Day 20, May 28th, Istanbul Today was the 20th day of our trip, which means that it is 2/3rds of the way over. It’s also the 7th day of our cruise, which means that the cruise is half over. What better...
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Day 21, Mykonos, Greece
Day 21, May 29th, Mykonos, Greece Today, during our docking maneuver at Mykonos, a Agoudimos Line ferry (Penelope A) decided to come in, spin around and dock stern first, horns blaring. This was the...
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Day 22, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey
Day 22, May 30th, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey Today was the earliest tour yet. Eight AM, we were ready to go on our bus. The last time Geoff traveled to Ephesus, it was on an old bus, sans air...
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Day 23, Santorini, Greece
Day 23, May 31st, Santorini, Greece Geoff had been disappointed that the ruins of the ancient Minoan city of Akrotiri were closed. Geoff had been able to tour them in 1992, and they were the highlight...
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Day 24, Katakolon (Olympia), Greece
Day 24, June 1, Katakolon (Olympia), Greece This was our last port before disembarkation in Venice. Our mission for the day was to visit the ruins of Ancient Olympia. We boarded our bus with our guide,...
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Day 25, At Sea
Day 25, June 2nd, At Sea It’s nice having the last full day onboard as an at sea day because there is time to take care of all the disembarkation tasks. We went to the disembarkation talk, where they...
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Day 26, Venice & Transfer to London Gatwick
Day 26, June 3rd, Venice & Transfer to London We had enough time before disembarkation to have breakfast. Our itinerary included disembarkation, tour of Murano and Burano, and a transfer to Marco...
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Day 27, Transfer to Bath
Day 27, June 4th, Transfer to Bath We got up and enjoyed the breakfast provided by the hotel. There was a kerfuffle regarding the soap dispenser in the shower. Joe didn’t get it to work. Geoff just...
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Day 28, Bath
Day 28, June 5th, Bath It bucketed in the morning. By lunchtime, it had stopped enough that we could head to the high street to have Cornish Pasties, something Joe wanted to have. At 2 PM, we took a...
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Day 29, Bath
Day 29, June 6th, Bath The weather was a bit better today. This was a bonus because today was our last chance to take pictures-something we didn’t do a lot of yesterday because of the weather. We...
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