ITALY | Thursday, 17 Sep 2015 | Views [193]
Col, Jeannette and Karen (our dining companion) did a tour of the ship's galley this morning. It is comforting to know that on this ship all food is prepared fresh. No packaged food! It does show.
We are at sea today, so a lazy day. The sea ... Read more >
GREECE | Wednesday, 16 Sep 2015 | Views [241]
Lazy start today as Col was still recovering. Jeannette and Greg had already left the ship by the time we got going. We boarded the hop-on hop-off bus at Piraeus, the port city for Athens. It included a stop at the Acropolis - just what we were after.... Read more >
TURKEY | Tuesday, 15 Sep 2015 | Views [216]
A leisurely morning today as we weren't due to arrive in Kusadasi until 1pm. Scott relaxes up on deck by the pool and Col is having acupuncture for her weary feet.
2 tardy cruise ships ensure we weren't able to dock until 2pm. We need to be ... Read more >
TURKEY | Monday, 14 Sep 2015 | Views [253]
Wow, we have a new Prime Minister!
We docked in Istanbul around 8 this morning, with our tour to leave at 9. First stop was the Blue Mosque, blue because of the blue mosaic interior. It is closed on Mondays, but was opened especially for cruise ship ... Read more >
GREECE | Sunday, 13 Sep 2015 | Views [294]
Scott woke quite early this morning to the roughest part of the trip so far. The seas were only 2 1/2 metres, but compared to the slight seas we had been experiencing, the ship was rocking. It felt weird being rocked in bed! Col slept through ... Read more >
GREECE | Saturday, 12 Sep 2015 | Views [199]
No shore break today, it was all at sea. A chance to take a break and rest our weary feet after a sleep in.
Caught some of the Doggies and Adelaide AFL match on tv. Unfortunately the Swans match wasn't on - it was due to start at 7.40am our time. ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 11 Sep 2015 | Views [267]
We are in Naples today. After a leisurely start, we head into the city with Jeannette and Greg. We hadn't really planned anything, but we start walking uphill. And walk. And walk. And walk! (Col is wearing her fitbit, which later tells us we did 17,000 ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 10 Sep 2015 | Views [254]
Awoke in Citavecchia, the port city for Rome. Greg and Jeannette are booked on a bus to go into Rome today, but Col and Scott stay behind. We have 3 nights in Rome to finish our trip and don't want to travel the hour and a half by bus or 1 hour by train ... Read more >
ITALY | Wednesday, 9 Sep 2015 | Views [241] | Comments [1]
We awoke this morning docked in Livorno, the port city for Tuscany. We have to get going early as we have a tour to Pisa. We board our bus and are pleased we only have 22 on the tour. Our guide is Giordana who was actually born in Livorno. She speaks ... Read more >
FRANCE | Tuesday, 8 Sep 2015 | Views [252]
Awoke this morning in Toulon, France. After a leisurely breakfast in Horizons we ventured off the ship. We have been selective in the tours we have booked, as to book a tour in every port would be massively expensive. In US dollars too?
Jeannette ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 7 Sep 2015 | Views [239]
Time to say adiós to Barcelona and Espana. Despite our bad start we found Barcelona interesting but more fast paced than Madrid. Stopped for a coffee in town as it was too early to board our ship. We were all very protective of our luggage especially ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 6 Sep 2015 | Views [269]
We spent today touring the city by hop-on hop-off bus. We find it is an excellent way to see the city, but especially in Barcelona is extremely popular. Unlike Toldeo and Valencia there are dozens of buses and each one full. The first bus takes us around ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 5 Sep 2015 | Views [262]
After a relatively sleepless night, we started working out a plan of attack. Scott is kicking himself as he had separated his cards, with the travel cards in the mobile phone wallet and the backup cards in his wallet. Made the cardinal sin of having ... Read more >
SPAIN | Friday, 4 Sep 2015 | Views [255]
Woke up to a rarity this morning, it was raining. Scuttled our plans of completing the city tour (there were 2 routes). We had 36 degrees in Madrid and all 30's everywhere else but was quite cool this morning.
Drove to Barcelona, a journey of ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 3 Sep 2015 | Views [237]
After a leisurely morning, jumped on the tourist bus and headed for la Oceanografic, an aquarium representing the 5 continents. It is part of a 3 exhibit display at the City of Arts and Sciences (Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias). Quite enjoyed it.... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 2 Sep 2015 | Views [248]
Spent the morning walking around the old town of Cuenca. This place is amazing and we are now disappointed we were only here for 1 night. Oh well, we can't do everything! Went back to last night's restaurant for an early lunch, which turned out ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 1 Sep 2015 | Views [237]
Headed up to Zocodover Plaza this morning to jump on the hop on - hop off bus. Zocodover Plaza is a marketplace that sits high in the old city - that high we were getting escalators to the top. As we're traveling up this massive escalator who should ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 31 Aug 2015 | Views [216]
Hotel Liabeny has been a great base for our 4 days in Madrid which we were sorry to leave. It really has been that good with the staff excellent. We pi cked up our hire car, a Seat of course - we are in Spain afterall - and made our way to Toledo. That's ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sunday, 30 Aug 2015 | Views [233]
Bus tour today to Avila & Segovia.
Avila is a 12th century walled city with 20,000 residents inside the walls and 70,000 outside. It is one of the best preserved medieval cities in Spain and boasts 8 monumental gates, 88 watch towers and over ... Read more >
SPAIN | Saturday, 29 Aug 2015 | Views [232]
Today was culture day!
We started another beautiful day in sunny Madrid walking to the Museo del Prado. We spent 4 hours immersing ourselves in artworks by Goya, Rubens, Titian, Rafael, Velazquez, Van Dyck and many others. Col's favourite was Rosales ... Read more >
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