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Hi! My name is Suzanne Klasen.  I am the Owner / Travel Advisor and CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and Elite Cruise Counselor (MCC, ECC) for my CruiseOne Vacations by Suzanne Travel Agency. This site is a collection of my personal travels, thoughts and recommendations. The map above represents the cruise travel (based on embarkation port) that I have posted so far (more to come). Click on a map point to see the cruise itinerary and details.

2022 Italy, Greece and Turkey: Piraeus (Athens), Greece

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise Visiting Athens, including the Acropolis and its Parthenon, were the highlight of this trip. This is something I have dreamed about since grade school while studying ancient Greece and we built a model of the building. Didn’t we all do that at some point? I was not disappointed…

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2022 Italy, Greece and Turkey: Thessaloniki, Greece

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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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2022 Italy, Greece and Turkey: Mykonos, Greece

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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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2022 Italy, Greece and Turkey: Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey

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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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2022 Italy, Greece and Turkey: Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

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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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