Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise I don’t have much to report about Thessaloniki as this was a “get caught up on work” day for me. I run my travel business while I am traveling, and I had to get caught up on emails and quotes and helping clients. If we had gone ashore,…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise Though we spent a very short time here, Mykonos might be my favorite place we visited. The sky and water were so blue and the uniform white buildings made it picture perfect. This was a tender port and we had the excitement of seeing the brand new Celebrity…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise We were supposed to visit Santorini, and I will make it back there some day, but guests have to go ashore via ship’s tenders in Santorini, and with 9 foot seas and high winds, it was not possible for us to visit there. Instead our ship headed to…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise We arrived into port of Katakolon, but our excursion took us to nearby ancient Olympia for the day. We first explored the ancient grounds and then headed over to the Museum to see the artifacts found there. I actually enjoyed the museum portion a little better, but the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise With the over tourism of Venice that led to cruise ships being banned from the port, our embarkation port was moved to Ravenna. First, I want to address the issue of the over tourism of Venice. It is over crowded in the most popular parts of Venice including…
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