Twelfth Day of Cruise -- Venice Last day on the high seas. Started this morning with a swim around 8:30 a.m., Found a pair of earbuds on the bottom of the pool. How somebody could lose those there I am not quite sure... And then came back to the room for showers and breakfast at … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 15 Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Travelogue — Day 14 Monday, July 8, 2013
Eleventh Day of Cruise -- Second Sea Day Did a time-change last night. Got up just before 7 a.m., after going to bed about 10 p.m.. With the time change it was 10 hours of sleep. I went to the pool and it was drained. I checked the daily sheet and found it was supposed … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 14 Monday, July 8, 2013
Travelogue — Day 13 Sunday, July 7, 2013
Tenth Day of Cruise -- Athens/Piraeus Got up at 7 a.m. this morning, and took a swim in the pool while Nathan started his shower. I swam 10 freestyle laps, 10 breaststroke, and 10 combos of backstroke down and butterfly return. The pool was all my own the whole time. From there I returned to … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 13 Sunday, July 7, 2013
Travelogue — Day 12 Saturday, July 6, 2013
Ninth Day of Cruise -- Ephesus/Izmir Today we don’t get into Ephesus (port city is Izmir), until 11:30 a.m., so everyone is sleeping in. We all got to bed about 10 p.m., and I got up just before 7 a.m. and headed to the pool for a swim. It was a good quiet time at … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 12 Saturday, July 6, 2013
Travelogue — Day 11 Friday, July 5, 2013
Eighth Day of Cruise -- Istanbul Today we leave the EUR zone, and have to pick up a lot of Turkish Lira to be able to tour sites. Elsewhere we have been spending EUR on transport, but seeing the sites for free. Here we will be getting around for free (walking) but spending Turkish Lira … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 11 Friday, July 5, 2013
Travelogue — Day 10 Thursday, July 4, 2013
Seventh Day of Cruise -- Mykonos We got up early (5 a.m.) so we could shower, eat breakfast, and be ready for the first tenders heading to shore. They started passing out tender tickets at 6:45 and we ended up on tender #3 around 7:30, getting to shore around 7:45. The tour book was right … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 10 Thursday, July 4, 2013
Travelogue — Day 9 Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Sixth Day of Cruise -- At Sea The cruise goes through two time zones -- one for Spain, France and Italy, and the other for Greece and Turkey. Today is the first sea day (no port, at sea all day), and it falls between Naples, Italy, and Mykonos, Greece. So they had us shift our … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 9 Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Travelogue — Day 8 Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Fifth Day of Cruise, Port of Naples and Pompeii Another Raffles breakfast, so we can get off the cruise ship at 8 a.m. when we are docked and cleared. While eating breakfast we noticed the ship on the other side of the post terminal we were pulling into: The Norwegian Epic, younger sister of our … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 8 Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Travelogue: Day 7 Monday, July 1, 2013
Fourth Day of Cruise -- Port of Civitavecchia to Rome Today Rome -- the port I have been anticipating the most this trip. Why? Because of who we are meeting in Rome. One of the clients I work with makes occasional trips to their office in Rome, so I asked them for recommendations on touring … Continue reading Travelogue: Day 7 Monday, July 1, 2013
Travelogue: Day 6 Sunday, June 30, 2013
Third Day of Cruise -- Port of Livorno, serving Pisa and Florence For some reason the clock light wouldn’t work last night and the alarm didn’t go off this morning, so we are an hour late. Since we aren’t taking an excursion, that shouldn’t be a problem, though I have a feeling that the day … Continue reading Travelogue: Day 6 Sunday, June 30, 2013
