Monthly Archives: May 2024

We were anchored off the island of Lipari and tendered ashore. A lovely town to walk around. The weather was quite warm and sunny for the most part but there were threatening clouds that fortunately didn’t interfere with our visit. … Continue reading →

We were docked close to the esplanade and the remains of the old fortifications. We followed the wall around for a while and then walked along the esplanade.

Sailing away from Kotor we sat on our balcony with caviar and wine, enjoying the view of the coastline and a spectacular sunset.

We docked immediately adjacent to the old town. First off we went shopping with the chef in the local market where he bought cheeses, cured meats – including horse! – olives, strawberries and cherries. When the chef had finished shopping … Continue reading →

We were docked in Dubrovnik which meant we had a shuttle bus ride to the old town. On some previous visits we were anchored and had a tender ride right to the old town, which is obviously preferable. While there … Continue reading →

Tendered ashore and walked around. A bit hilly and Sue had left her crutch on board so we didn’t do a lot of walking. An eclectic collection of photos.

We were docked right next to the old town. We did our usual walk around. Beautiful weather and an attractive town.

Cruise ships can’t dock in Venice any more so we were docked in Fusina on the mainland and were shuttled into the old Maritime terminal in Venice, about a 40 minute drive. The weather started out sunny but as the … Continue reading →

Sadly it was rainy and overcast the day we visited Rovinj. It is such a beautiful town and very reminiscent of Venice. The rain eased after lunch so we did a quick walk around but barely scratched the surface before … Continue reading →

A beautiful sunny day in Corfu with temperatures the mid 20s (celsius). We caught the shuttle bus into town and it dropped us right outside the old fortress, so we started with that. Corfu was very busy because there was … Continue reading →

After a day at sea, we anchored off the town of Sami on the island of Cephalonia. It was an overcast day with occasional sun bursts and then in the afternoon it became very misty. Temperature was warm and comfortable … Continue reading →

We were docked close to the main shopping area and wandered around as usual. We have been here a couple of times but not for 10 years – amazing to see how it has changed. In order to get out … Continue reading →

Dikili was a quick walk around to discover not much to see 🙂 We did come across an interesting capability – a bicycle maintenance post. It had various tools tethered to the post and a pump. The next day was … Continue reading →

Another Greek island today. Traditional blue and white everywhere. Very few cars but teeming with motor scooters darting everywhere. Horse and carts were available for tourist travel. Anchored off shore and tendered into the centre of town. A lot of … Continue reading →

First impressions as we sailed in to port suggested that this was an amazing place – and it was! Rhodes started out as an overcast day. We did a four hour drive around the island with a few photo stops. … Continue reading →

Today was Antalya in Turkey. Fifth largest city in Turkey with a population of 2.6 million people. As we came into port we saw the rugged mountains around the area. We adopted our now regular routine of catching the shuttle … Continue reading →

Today we are in Cyprus at Limassol. We caught the shuttle bus into town and did the usual walk around. First in the old town area. Then we headed to the promenade. There are many interesting sculptures along the promenade.

We had three consecutive sea days – AKA “Slow News Day”. And to compound the lack of photogenic activity, we had two days in Alexandria where we elected to stay on board and enjoy the almost empty ship. We had … Continue reading →