TUESDAY 26th JUNE 2012ITALY AGAINEnjoyed a really good sleep in our very quiet and very dark cabins! Best sleep for ages, probably because we knew there was no wake up call, and not having to be at breakfast until 8.30am! The rest of the morning was spent taking it easy in the comfy arm chairs in the ferry's main lounge, most of us reading or simply discussing the cruise etc. I spent the best part of three hours catching up with the travel blog - I had got ov...

MONDAY 25th JUNE 2012OVERNIGHT FERRYThe Louis Olympia docked at about 4am which was a pretty rude awakening, but we had to be out of the cabin by 7.00am anyway, so we went up for a quick brekky at quarter to six and then having packed all our bags yesterday arvo (our cases were collected during the night) joined our group ready for disembarking at the designated time and place! With over fifteen hundred people getting off our ship at once and with about six ships...

FRIDAY 22nd JUNE 2012GREEK ISLES CRUISELeisurely start this morning, didn't have to be at the port of Piraeus to catch the cruise ship until eleven o'clock! Last night we put all our cruise luggage into one case and also put some gear in an overnight bag! The other case will be stored at the Novotel until our return! That way we won't have to fit an extra case into our cabin! We set off to the port passed some of the infrastructure built for the Olymp...

WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE 2012GREECESet out for Brindisi on the west coast of Italy where we are to catch a day ferry to Igoumenista in Greece. This is a bit of an itinerary change as we are supposed to get an overnight ferry from Bari to Patras, but this service has been withdrawn due to the economic problems in Greece!The drive was quite interesting for me with a lot of nice farms (vines, olives and general) and pretty countryside at the start, but as we got further ...

TUESDAY 19th JUNE 2012AMALFI COASTEarly start again this morning and headed south towards Naples passing through some lovely countryside and bypassing the city and getting to Pompeii quite early for a tour over this ancient landmark! The ruins are in a very run down and poor area, and once off the bus were bombarded by hawkers and sellers! We grabbed a quick coffee and joined an excellent guide for a thorough tour of Pompeii! It was getting pretty hot, but we all...