On Monday we docked in Trieste. As it turns out we were in for a pleasant surprise. Although we docked in Trieste, Italy as advertised, the tour we signed up for was right next door in Slovenia. It never occurred to us that the tour we booked would be in Slovenia. But it was. And […]
Read More »Gondolas, Piazza San Marco, Fine Stores, Cafes and Restaurants. What’s not to like about Venice? We docked in Fusina on Sunday largely because cruise boats can no longer dock in Venice. That is because Venice is trying to achieve 2 goals. First, they want to control damage to the city caused by big tour boats. […]
Read More »Trogir, like Dubrovnik, is a beautiful city. Unlike Dubrovnik, it is very small with a population of just over 10,000 people. And unlike Dubrovnik, when we were there, the weather was superb. In 1997 the center of Trogir was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites for its Venetian architecture. Trogir spent a […]
Read More »We spent Friday (the 25th) and Saturday (the 26th) in Croatia. On Friday it was Dubrovnik; on Thursday, Trogir. We went on a walking tour of Dubrovnik. It is just a stunningly beautiful city. And a walking tour is just the right way to see the city. Except that when we went, it rained. Actually […]
Read More »We docked at Corfu (Kerkyra) on Thursday; it is one of the Greek islands in the Ionian Sea. According to Thucydides, in the 5th century BC, it was one of the 3 great naval powers of Greece (along with Athens and Corinth). But because Corfu was in such a strategic position, sovereignty over the island […]
Read More »Today we stopped at Katakolon in Greece. We had the opportunity to visit a vineyard and an olive grove (and the processing plants for their products) near Olympia, Greece. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors and meet the owners of these family businesses – and to taste some very good olive oils […]
Read More »We did a short (2 ½ hour) walking tour in the small but relentlessly cute town of Nafplion. Greece. It is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece. Additionally, it is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important tourist destination. First stop: we visited Kapodistrias Square. On the top […]
Read More »Easter in Athens We started out the day (OK it was closer to noon) by going to a Mass in St Paul’s church in Athens. The Mass was concelebrated by Fr Patrick, the chaplain of the ship. Then at 6:00 PM Crystal Cruises sponsored an event for world cruisers. The event was held at the […]
Read More »Mykonos is a small windy island that is part of the Cyclades Islands, in the Aegean Sea. It is difficult to grow things on the rocky, steep hills of Mykonos. However, in the past the wind made it a great place for farmers from other islands to come and use the Mykonos windmills (for grinding […]
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