Month: October 2024

Gibraltar was not a destination but more a stop of convenience on our way through Spain 🇪🇸 to Portugal🇵🇹 . We had not heard anyone say that “you must visit Gibraltar” or that there are great things to do but we thought a stop was warranted. I remembered some history where Gibraltar 🇬🇮 played an […]

Having had our last buffet breakfast aboard ship we disembarked in Malaga, Spain. It has a beautiful old-city port area within the walled space. In the larger cities/towns, the port area is usually a walled area with the newer modern city sitting outside walls. We made it to the airport to pick-up our rental car […]

Although somewhat smaller than most of the ships in Royal’s. Fleet, we enjoyed this ship and its amenities. Everything is relatively close and even though near capacity it was easy to see the shows and there were few lines to wait in. Joining us every night were Mike & Leslie and Bill & Vickey the […]

Messina, Sicily, Italy is better than OK. The architecture and the churches are great. Our issue was with the pet/dog owners! It was often a real challenge to stay clear of the dog poop on the sidewalks and we didn’t see any street dogs to lay blame to. In general, the city just appeared less […]

Coming into Santorini at sunrise by boat is spectacular. It’s a beautiful island with steep cliffs topped by the iconic white Greek homes. There are four ways to get from the waterside up to the city of Fira: Hike the 600 steps up cliff side, free Hire a donkey for €10 Take the cable car […]

We have been exploring on our own until Turkey but since we had not been there before we hired a small group guide. As it turned out, the small group was just Terri and Me, perfect! We found our guide after exiting the ship and she guided us to a Mercedes Sprinter Limo conversion, very […]

We slept late this morning, missed morning stretch, grabbed a quick coffee and were off the ship to find our pre-planned bus to Lindos. Lindos is an absolutely beautiful village with a well preserved acropolis on the hilltop above and bays on both sides. After our break we headed to the shallow bay. The water […]

We are actually nearing the end of our cruise and I have been too busy to write the blog. I’m going to try to catch-up today so you might notice less writing and more pictures. We have been to Mykonos before but we were surprised to see how new building had gone up and was […]

Travel days are usually our most challenging and today was no exception. We needed to return the Centauro rental car to their off- airport location, handle any issues typical of discount car rental agencies, get to the airport and fly to Athens. Then on to the train station for the trip to Piraeus, find the […]

Terri likes to let me make most of the travel arrangements, usually. I enjoy surprising her with unique, fancy or rustic places to stay, sometimes in town and other times in the “sticks.” I found a good deal on an “adults only” spa-resort on the north coast, why not-what could go wrong….. Once I had […]