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24th Sep 2025 |
BoMoH -> HoRLeY |
Gainsborough Lodge £65 |
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25th Sep 2025 |
LGW -> IST |
Ramada Hotel |
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26th Sep 2025 |
Oceania Vista |
On board by 13:15 |
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28th Sep 2025 |
Kusadasi Turkey |
Sirince & the Rose Mansion tour |
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29th Sep 2025 |
Rhodes Greece |
Traditions of Rhodes tour |
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30th Sep 2025 |
Heraklion Crete Greece |
Lassithi Plateau tour |
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1st Oct 2025 |
Santorini Greece |
Volcanic Santorini tour |
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2nd Oct 2025 |
Mykonos Greece |
Mykonos & Monastery tour |
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3rd Oct 2025 |
Piraeus Greece |
Athens On My Own (OMO) |
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I got up just after six o'clock with lots of things still to do, having got home from my previous cruise just the evening before. At 9:30 I drove to Winton to pay in a cheque, but didn't buy anything there. At eleven o'clock I called for a Streamline Taxi which took ten minutes to arrive. It was driven by a Filippino who remembered that he had returned my lost mobile phone at least FIVE years previously!
I caught the 12:10 National Express coach to LGW for £13.50. On departure, I ate my mini plum tomatoes and a Viking green apple for lunch. I slept through Ringwood, Southampton and Fareham, awaking as we reached Portsmouth. There was a thirty minute delay on the A27 Emsworth bypass, so we used the old A27 through the village instead. The driver obtained permission to not stop at Chichester, but we had to crawl around the city's bypass instead. We got to LGW North Terminal at 4:15 and at LGW South Terminal soon after.
I didn't have to wait long for the number 100 service bus to Horley and my £65 accomodation at the Gainsborough Lodge. Having settled in with a decaff coffee, I walked into Horley. I checked out the prices of the coffee pods in Waitrose, but would wait until Lidl's in Piraeus, before buying any more for my portable coffee machine. I had a six inch chicken tikka Subway submarine roll for supper, before returning to my digs. I spent the evening starting this blog and watching television. I went to sleep just after ten o'clock, having done over seven and a half thousand steps, equal to three miles of walking during the day.
I awoke at 5:30, having slept for nearly seven and a half hours, and then got up at six o'clock. I had one mug of regular Nescafe with three custard doughnuts for breakfast. I then got distracted looking for animated GIFs of cruise line logos. I left the Gainsborough Lodge just after seven o'clock, to catch the number 100 service bus, getting to the South Terminal at 7:30.
I used a kiosk to check-in and grab an aisle seat near the front of the 'plane, but the local internet was down, so I couldn't pick up my boarding card. There was only one person in front of me at the Turkish Airline desk, so I was quickly processed and given a physical boarding card instead.
I then went joy-riding on the shuttle train to the North Terminal, where I was able to walk outside in the sunshine. Back at the South Terminal, I investigated the mainline train station, but there were no GWR trains showing for Reading, due to engineering works near Guildford.
Security took only five minutes and there is no passport control outbound. I found my usual power outlet and updated this blog. Sensibly they loaded the rear rows of the economy cabin, before the middle ones, including me in row 8. The flight wasn't full, but I did have a Turkish couple sat next to me.
I dozed for a bit, until they served a good lunch of chicken & rice, with a fresh bread roll and white butter. There were two desserts: a yoghurt and a chocolate cake. I had a tin can of Heineken beer, a cup of apple juice and a regular coffee to drink. I spent most of the less than four hour flight reading the three tabloid newspapers that I had picked up in LGW.
We landed at five o'clock (three o'clock BST) and I was through the airport by six o'clock. At the exit a dispatcher phoned my emergency number and immediately a man appeared with a VISTA sign. He led me to my luxurious people carrier, which took half an hour to get me to my city centre hotel: Ramada by Wyndhams at Alibeykoy. I gave the driver 200 Turkish Lira, about £4 as a tip, which was a bit too mean.
I had a huge double room on the sixth floor overlooking the Alibeykoy metro, tram and bus stations. I gave the porter 100 Turkish Lira, about £2 as a tip. which was a bit too generous. I had a snack bar, a bag of raisins and a bag of hazel nuts to eat as my supper, the latter snaffled from the business section of the 'plane. I spent the evening working on my laptop, going to sleep at 9:30 (7:30 BST) after a tiring day travelling. I had done eight and a half thousand steps, equal to over three miles of walking, around the two airports during the day.
I awoke at 5:30 having slept for eight hours. I got up at six o'clock and enjoyed a regular coffee and the capacious shower. At seven o'clock I moved down to the restaurant for the breakfast buffet. I had a selection of snacks to eat and one glass of sour cherry juice to drink.
At 8:30 I started walking south alongside the river. By nine o'clock I had reached the famous Golden Horn estuary, where I turned around. I got back to the hotel just before ten o'clock, ready for another glass of sour cherry juice in the breakfast buffet. I had done nearly nine thousand steps, nearly equal to four miles of walking in the morning. I packed up and moved down to the Hotel lobby at 10:45 awaiting my eleven o'clock transfer.
At 11:30 the hotel clerk said they had phoned to say they had had a car crash and would be fifteen more minutes. After another half an hour, my driver finally arrived at noon in his posh people carrier. It took thirty five minutes to cross the city centre going through narrow alleyways and broad tunnels. He drove into his depot to seek directions to the cruise terminal just opposite. As he had driven erratically I didn't tip him. It took forty minutes of queueing to offload my suitcase, check-in and deposit my passport, so I didn't get on board until 1:15.
I lunched on the Julienne soup and beef stroganoff al fresco a la terrazza with views of the Topkapi Palace and the Galata Tower. I then toured the ship until at 2:30 the suites were released. I found I had double stateroom with Juliet Balcony, which I have never had before. As I was unpacking, I met my stewardess Leziel from the Philippines. I then slept for an hour and a half, before updating this blog. At 5:45 I spent just a few minutes in one of the hot tubs, as the pool was too cold.
At 6:30 I hosted the solo travellers meet-up with Social Hostess (SH) Sophie from the Cotswolds. We were joined by Cathy from Sacramento, Bette & Patricia from Florida and Lesley (the Morfydd lookalike) from Ilkley in Yorkshire. I took the latter down to the Grand Dining Room (GDR) at 7:15. I had the lobster bisque, the Caesar salad, the steak & chips and the mixed ice cream. Lesley had the shrimp cocktail, the curry and the cheese plate, which I helped her to finish. She began with the rose and continued with the Argentinian Malbec red wine. I had just sparkling water to drink.
At 9:30 Sammie mentioned my talks in her introduction in the Vista Lounge theatre. The excellent Headliners production show featured eight dancers, five musicians and four singers. They sang songs by Adele, the Carpenters and Billy Joel amongst others. I particularly enjoyed the two Bee Gees numbers. At the end, Sammie again mentioned my next two lectures. Back in my suite, I updated this blog, going to bed at eleven o'clock. During the day I had done over fourteen thousand steps, almost equal to six miles of walking.
I awoke at 7:20 having slept for over eight hours. I had my first regular coffee pod in my brand new portable coffee machine. I had charged it up overnight and then used it to heat the water and pass it through the large pod. I added sweetner and whitener to set me up for the morning.
At eight o'clock I had the full English breakfast al fresco a la terrazza as we passed the Gallipoli peninsula in the sunshine. I had one glass of sparkling water and one of orange juice on the way out to drink. Whilst Leziel was servicing the suite, I did six circuits of the pool, as the top deck jogging track was too windy.
At nine o'clock I touched base at the Destination Services desk. At 9:30 Leon from South Africa set me up and at ten o'clock CD Sammie introduced me. I then gave my forty minute talk entitled Kusadasi: the Port for Ephesus. I had a few questions to answer at the end.
At 11:30 I lunched with Lesley in the Waves Grill by the pool. I had the classic Swiss cheeseburger and she had the Greek cheeseburger. She had one glass of the rose wine and I had two of the sparkling water. I then slept for forty five minutes.
At 2:30 John from the Philippines set me up, ready to give my forty minute talk on Rhodes at three o'clock. I again had a few questions to field at the end. At four I helped SH Sophie host the solo travellers afternoon tea with Newcomers Larry from Arizona, Fran from Charleston and Joyce from Hitchin together with Cathy, Patricia, Bette and Lesley. I had two small sarnies and no cakes to eat and two glasses of tea to drink.
At 5:30 I attended the Captain's cocktail party, where he introduced his senior officers. I had just one glass of champagne to drink sat with Lesley, Joyce and her friend. Back in my suite, I watched my Rhodes talk on the telly.
At 7:25 I met Lesley outside the GDR, where we waited for ten minutes, but no-one else showed up so we had another table for two. We both had the cream of pumpkin soup and the lovely lobster risotto to eat. I finished with the Elvis special ice cream of banana and bacon (sic). She ended with the apple tart and ice cream. I had two glasses of sparkling water and she had one glass of the Argentinian Malbec red wine to drink. During the meal SH Sophie came over to say that half an hour late, three more of the solos had turned up, so they had had to sit on their own for dinner.
Afterwards, I picked up my first escorting task: Sirince and the Rose Mansion ($259), which was my second choice tour. At 9:30 I went to Mike McClean's show time. He was a very funny comedian and mind reader. The mainly American audience didn't get the joke about the Germans on the beach at Benidorm! I went to bed at eleven o'clock having done nearly seven thousand steps, nearly equal to three miles of walking during the sea day.
I awoke at 6:40 to the loudspeakers on board the huge Norwegian Viva berthed next to us. I made my regular cappuccino with my new coffee pod machine and took my time abluting. At 7:40 I had my first continental breakfast al fresco a la terrazza in the warm sunshine overlooking Kusadasi. Back in my suite, I updated this blog.
At 8:45 I left the ship and used the wi-fi outside Starbucks cafe. I then headed up through the bazaars to the central paths crossway. Here I turned right up the hill to two mosques and two museums (Greco-Turkish Population Exchange and Fossils & Minerals). At the top of the hill, I could see the Aegean sea, but not the Ladies Beach or the Attaturk Statue. I switched on tracking and turned back to the ship.
I again stopped off outside Starbucks, before awaiting dispatch in the coach parking lot. Here I met guide Semih (Sammie) and driver Kemal (not Attaturk!). We had twenty seven guests to look after: an American couple from New Jersey, a family party with Tom from Bangkok and a large group of Taiwanese.
The run out past Ephesus and Selcuk took three quarters of an hour to get to the old Greek village of Sirince in the olive tree clad hills. This place was pretty, but oh so commercialised with a huge number of souvenir stalls along the narrow, cobbled streets. Unfortunately there was the occasional car trying to weave its way along the crowded lanes. During the twenty minutes of free time, I fled uphill to visit the restored church of St John the Baptist.
Back on the main street, Semih led us to the charming Gullo Konak restaurant. This was a boutique hotel with a series of period buildings in separate gardens. Unfortunately the famous roses were past their best after a long, hot summer.
We sat under a becurtained gazebo on two long tables. I was sat next to the only American couple, so we talked about Princeton, New York and Newark. I was sat opposite Tom from Bangkok, who has spent time in the States including studying in Oklahoma.
We began with a mixed salad with bread and dips: tzatziki, hummus and some others I didn't know. We continued with the lovely lentil soup, with no whole beans. Next came the main course of fish or lamb with rice. The former were two generous fillets per person, whilst the latter were like pulled pork, but tastier. There were two desserts each: fresh raspberry sorbet and rice pudding just like mother used to make. I had two generous glasses of beer, whilst most guests had the wine. Many of the Taiwanese guests chose cola to drink.
During the free time, I photographed the period buildings in their separate gardens. I dozed during the run back to Kusadasi. After stopping off at the Starbucks free wi-fi, I returned to the ship where I slept for three quarters of any hour.
At 5:30 I spent ten minutes in one of the hot tubs with the artist couple from Australia. At 6:30 I moved up to the Horizons observation lounge, where I was joined by Lesley and Fran, but not Patricia and Bette. At 7:15 I led the former pair down to the GDR. I had the cajun gumbo soup and the grilled salmon with rice and green beans to eat. I forewent the dessert as I had had the huge luncheon earlier in the day on tour.
At 9:30 I went to the Music Triangle (New Orleans, Memphis & Nashville) production show. There were two Bayou songs and some country numbers that I knew. Jazz was represented by Louis Armstrong and Rock 'n' Roll by Elvis Presley. I went to bed at 10:30 having done thirteen thousand steps, equal to over five miles of walking during the day.
I got up at 5:45, fifteen minutes before my alarm, ready for another full English breakfast, this time in Waves which opened at 6:30. Just after eight o'clock, I moved down to the Vista Lounge Theatre to await dispatch of my third choice Traditions tour ($109). On the quayside I met guide Lefty and driver Michael. We had twenty five guests on the Traditions of Rhodes tour.
Our first stop was in the village of Koskinou, where we visited the Traditional Rhodian House museum. Our second stop was at Bonis Ceramics, where we saw a potter using his wheel. Our final stop was at the Kastri Beach Taverna, where we had hot or soft drinks and a piece of cake to eat. Back in Rhodes town, we had a short panoramic drive around the new town in heavy traffic.
Back at the ship, I had the Tuscan bean soup and a mixed grill from the buffet al fresco a la terrazza. I then slept for forty minutes, before working on my laptop. At four o'clock I touched base at the Destination Services desk, before heading back into the Old Town. I did a quick circuit taking some photographs as the sun came out.
Back at the ship again, I sat in on the end of the Sammie's Trivia in the Vista Lounge theatre. Leon set me up and at 5:45 I gave my forty minute talk on Heraklion. Just after the start, the chain on my glasses was causing popping, so John had to sort me out. At the end I had a few questions to answer.
I then moved up to the Horizons observation lounge for the Solo Travellers meet up. I had just one glass of champagne with my nibbles. Down in the GDR, I hosted a table with guests Bette, Kelly the quiet librarian from Vancouver, Trish from Melbourne, Graham fron Melbourne and Herbie. The next table was hosted by SH Sophie and WM Kathryn with guests Patricia, Fran, Lesley and Larry. I had the curry soup, the steak au poivre and the bananas Foster to eat.
Afterwards I went to the Blue Horizon(s) party with Lesley, but it was the singers doing disco numbers. I went to sleep at 10:40 having done ten thousand steps, equal to four miles of walking during the day.
I awoke to my alarm at six o'clock ready for my regular coffee from my new pod machine. At 6:30 I had the full English breakfast in the Waves pool-side grill. At eight o'clock I moved out to the quayside to meet guide Suzanna and driver Stelos. We had thirty three guests to look after on bus number seventeen going to the Lassithi Plateau ($169), my first choice tour. The run out took an hour, as we climbed up into the central mountains south east of Heraklion.
Our first stop was at the former monastery of Kera which is now a convent/nunnery. Here I recorded my first piece to camera of the day. We then circled the famous plateau, which is actually a flat bottomed basin surrounded by hills. We saw the swallow hole where the rain and spring water exits the plateau.
At the Kourites restaurant, we had a plated cheese salad with other snacks. I had two glasses of the local red wine to drink. At the col above the basin we had a photo stop at a row of square, stone built windmills with views back across to Heraklion in the far distance. Here I recorded my second piece to camera of the day, but there was a bit of wind noise at that height. I then slept on the one hour run back to the city.
Back at the ship, I lunched on the Thai soup and the mixed grill al fresco a la terrazza. I then had just a half hour nap. I spent the afternoon reducing the size of my Santorini AND Mykonos presentations. At four o'clock I touched base at the Destination Services desk to check on both upcoming tendering operations.
At five o'clock I had no technician, so I was starting to panic, but thankfully Leon & John arrived as the audience was gathering. Each presentation lasted half an hour, taking sixty minutes in total from 5:15 to 6:15. At 6:30 I tried to adjourn to the Horizons observation lounge, but it was given over to a cocktail party for the loyalty club members. Thus I sat in the IT room by the huge plate glass windows and was able to flag down Fran as she passed by. When the party was over, we entered the lounge, where we sat with Chris & Diane from Tennessee. I did one jive with the latter to the last rock 'n' roll number of the singer and the band. At 7:30 I left the lounge, just as Lesley arrived. Both her and Fran had dinner reservations in the same speciality restaurant, but at different, later times. I went to the buffet, where I had the Greek bean soup & the Greek mixed grill al fresco a la terrazza in the dusk.
At nine o'clock on Eastern European Time (seven o'clock BST), I had an Open University Microsoft Teams video conference. The StarLink satellites worked well, with no breaks in spite of several video windows being active. I thus missed CD Sammie's excellent cabaret show at 9:30. I went to bed at 10:40, having done six thousand steps, equal to just over two miles of walking during the day.
I got up at 5:30, half an hour before my alarm, excited at the prospect of going to the active volcano in the centre of the caldera and swimming in the hot springs. I had my usual regular coffee pod, before abluting. At 6:30 I had the full English breakfast in the Waves Grill by the pool. I had one glass of orange juice and one of sparkling water to drink as the dawn light grew, Back in my suite, I worked on my laptop as usual.
At eight o'clock I arrived in the Vista Lounge theatre, but with SIX ships in the caldera, we had to wait until 9:15 for our tender to be loaded. I had been given my second choice Volcanic Santorini tour to escort ($145). Despite being on a ship's tour, we went to the old harbour at Fira, not the new one at Athinios. Here I met guide Alex and led our fourteen guests to the wooden Kaiki traditional boat berthed nearby. We motored over to the two volcanoes located in the centre of the caldera. We then climbed up the cinder track via two craters to the top of the New Stone (Nea Kameni) peak.
Back on the boat, I was surprised to see Dr Claudia Hackbarth passing through our boat to get to hers moored alongside us in tandem. She had been a fellow lecturer on my previous Viking cruise and she was again working on a Viking ship here. We then sailed around to the Old Stone (Palae Kameni) island, as Claudia's boat returned to the Viking ship anchored in the caldera. Here some guests dove into the sea, whilst others, including myself, climbed down the ladder on the side of the boat. Unfortunately I banged my knee on a wooden step as I entered the water. We were each given a long, plastic noodle for bouyancy to swim the fifty odd yards into the bay with the hot springs. Here the water was brown coloured by the local clay with patches of warmer water at random. After five minutes of luxuriating, I swam back to the boat, as the other guests followed. We then sailed back to the old port at Fira.
Most of the guests stayed on Santorini main island, but I caught the next local tender back to the ship. Here I had the corn chowder soup and the mixed grill to eat, sat with Larry from Phoenix, Arizona. I then slept for an hour and a half, having woken up so early that morning.
At 5:30 Leon set me up ready for me to give my 42 minute talk on Athens at 5:45. Afterwards I adjourned to the Horizons observation lounge, but only Lesley joined me. The three Australians Trish, Graham and Herbie sat on their own watching the glorious sunset.
At 7:15 Lesley and I descended to the GDR, where we had a window seat with a view of the dusk over the caldera. I had the cream of chicken soup, the Lebanese salad, the lobster risotto for a second time and the Humphry Slocombe ice creams: Harvey Milk and Honey Grahams to eat. I had just one glass of sparkling water to drink.
Having collected my next assignment, my first choice Mykonos & Monastery tour ($149), I went to see the excellent Our World production show in the Vista Lounge theatre. They covered: Argentina, France, Japan, India, Mexico, Greece, Australia, Ireland, Spain and Italy. There were nine musicians (five band members and the classical quartet), eight dancers and four singers on stage. Unfortunately some of the guests talked during the show. At the end they had the crew parade led by CD Sammie. I went to sleep at 10:45 having done over ten thousand steps, equal to over four miles of walking during the day.
I awoke to my alarm at six o'clock ready for my continental breakfast in the Waves Grill. At 7:45 I went to the Vista Lounge theatre, but it hadn't got going, so I retreated to my suite to update this blog. Just after eight o'clock I returned but had to wait a time before group number 15 was called down to the local tender. On the quayside of the old port I met guide Mara and driver Ioannis together with our twenty guests.
Our first photo stop was at St John's (Agios Ioannis) for the view across to Delos the sacred island. Our second was at Kalafatis beach. The main visit was to the monastery in the central village of Ano Mera. This was rather crowded, but I did manage to shuffle through the little museum as well as the main church.
Across the square we had a small salad snack with meatballs to eat. I had TWO glasses of Ouzo the aniseed spirit. Our final stop was back at the pier, where six guests immediately returned to the ship. The rest followed Mara around the little harbour to Mykonos town. We passed by Little Venice and then had fifteen minutes of free time at the famous windmills. All the guests bar one, Tom Altman from Houston, Texas, stayed in town, so I let Mara go and led Tom back to the tender station.
Back on the ship, I had the cauliflower soup with extra cheese followed by another mixed grill to eat. I then slept for sixty five minutes. During the afternoon, I bid for my escorting tours for the next ten day cruise. At five o'clock I spent ten minutes in one of the jacuzzis with a physiotheraphy doctor from Michigan.
At 6:30 I sat with Lesley in the Horizons observation lounge, snacking on the potato chips (crisps). At 7:15 we moved down to the GDR where I had the parsnip & pecan soup, the Roma tomato salad and the Wiener Schnitzel. I forewent the dessert as I was full having helped Lesley to finish her salad and her Burgundy beef with pasta. At nine o'clock I went to Mike McClean's second comedy show which was funny, but not as good as his first show. I went to bed at 10:30 having done nine and a half thousand steps, nearly equal to four miles of walking during the day.
I awoke just minutes before my six o'clock alarm, ready for my regular coffee pod. At 6:30 I had the full English breakfast for the fifth time this cruise, as the dawn broke over Piraeus. I stayed out on the aft terrace until I could photograph the first light.
Back in my suite, I finished packing for my move two doors along and took some clothes to the launderette. I then worked on my laptop until Leziel and May announced that my new suite was ready just after eight o'clock. It was easy to move my stuff just two doors down from 7075 to 7079. I then moved my laundry from the washer to the drier, but I couldn't get my key card updated until ten o'clock, when I put a second load of laundry on to wash.
At this point, I was able to leave the ship and walk to the Lidl store, where I bought some coffee pods for €3.49 (£3). I then backtracked to the metro station, where I bought two tickets for €2.30 (£2). I alighted at Monastiraki station as usual and progressed up through the Plaka district to the Acropolis fence. Here I turned on tracking and began my favourite Athenian walk around the base of the Acropolis. Having completed the circuit, I turned off tracking and descended to the metro station.
Back in Piraeus, the footbridge with escalators was back in service, but the lifts weren't. I walked back to the ship for a late lunch of cream of vegetable soup and the mixed grill from the buffet al fresco a la terrazza. I then slept for one hour. I spent the afternoon battling with the OU marking system. At 5:40 I spent ten minutes on my own in one of the hot tubs with the sun going down over the Saronic gulf.
At 6:30 I hosted the solo travellers with Social Hostess Sophie. Firstly Maddie from New Jersey arrived, then Dayna from Naples in Florida and finally Sylvia from Old Jersey. I had one glass of champagne to drink and lots of potato chips (crisps) to eat.
At 7:15 I led the three ladies down to the Grand Dining Room (GDR). Here the lady Maitre d' said that we could go up to the Toscana speciality Italian restaurant. I had my favourite bean soup, followed by the filet mignon steak with cheese crust. My dessert was the red berry tiramisu with biscotti on the side. I had just two glasses of sparkling water to drink.
At 9:30 I enjoyed the Welcome Aboard show time. This began and ended with the production company of eight dancers, seven musicians and four singers. Cruise Director (CD) Sammie sang one song as did Assistant Cruise Director (ACD) Kathleen who sang Adele's James Bond theme "Skyfall". Ioan the cocktail pianist played and sang "Easy like Sunday morning". I went to sleep at 10:45 having done eighteen thousand steps, equal to over seven miles of walking during the day.
CD Sammie wrote:
"Thanks for a great cruise, guests have loved and thoroughly enjoyed your presentations."
The highpoints of the cruise were:
* First visits to Sirince, Lassithi, Nea Kameni & Ano Mera.
* Swimming in the volcanic hot springs on Santorini.
* Juliet balcony suite for the very first time.
* Lamb lunch on tour in Turkey.
* Two exclusive limousine rides.
* Four star hotel in Istanbul.
Score card:
211 Cruises 56 Cruise ships (see below) 16 Cruise lines (see below) 8 Dancers 7 Night cruise 6 Port talks given 5 Musicians 5 Tours ecorted 5 Tables hosted 5 Full English breakfasts 4 Singers 4 Mixed grill lunches 3 Production shows 2 Steak dinners 2 Lobster dinners 2 Continental breakfasts 1 Guest entertainer (Mike McClean) 1 Guest speaker (Martin P. Lee) 1 Mixed grill dinner 1 Salmon dinner 1 Veal dinner
1) "Kusadasi: the Port for Ephesus" 2) "Rhodes: Island of the Knights" 3) "Heraklion: Capital of Crete" 4a) "Santorini: the Island of Saint Irene" and 4b) "Mykonos: Paradise Island" 5) "Athens: Capital of Greece"
6) "Mamma Mia: the Greek Musical" 7) "The Story of the Mediterranen Sea"
I have done four previous Oceania cruises:
1) Western Med
2) Canaries
3) Biscay
4) Adriatic
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