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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: Zakynthos, Greece

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Italy Greece Turkey Cruise Zaykthanos was another lovely little island. If I was to return, I would want to do an excursion to the beautiful scenic Ship Wreck Beach, which has to be accessed via either a boat excursion or by tour bus, taxi or rental car. If you take boat tour…

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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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