Today we arrived in Katakolon, Greece which is the port that connects the archaeological site of Olympia to the sea. Historians traditionally view classical Greek history starting with the first Olympics in 772 BC, which carried on uninterrupted until they were discontinued in 383 AD before returning in 1896 (the year Anthony's grandmother was born).On the BBC news this morning they were discussing the Russian state supported drug cheating at the Olympics sin...

We had a tour booked today so we were up with the sparrows for a change. The ship docked at 8:00 am within a bay surrounded by majestic mountains rising straight up from the water. What a view! This place is referred to as the mediterranean's only fjord, it isn't really, just tectonic forces, but it certainly looks like one.Our tour was a small boat cruise through the bay stopping at a small man made island with a church (Our Lady of the Rocks) which took...

We wandered off the ship and into town which was bustling with summer tourists. There was a lovely waterfront area in front of the historic Diocletian Palace. Apparently the Roman leader was looking for a place to retire and he built an enormous palace on the waterfront of Split where he could take in the healing sulphur baths. This is another UNESCO World Heritage site - I think we've managed to see one in almost every place we've visited.Inside there wa...

After our long day and night we slept in until 9:00 am. We took our time getting showered and unpacked before reading the daily information sheet. At 9:45 I discovered that breakfast concluded at 10! I then read through all the meal information. Unlike other cruise ships, food is not as easy to come by out of "normal hours". Never mind, we found "late breakfast" out on deck. Italian of course, bread rolls, cold meat, cheese, fruit and cakes. I wasn't impresse...

Anthony left early in the morning to travel via Bologna to tour through the Ducati factory and museum. He really enjoyed seeing the manufacturing from start to finish before trying to move onto the Ferrari test track and museum. As he had trouble finding the test track he missed his slot but still managed to visit the museum.I, on the other hand, lazed around in the morning before checking out at 10:30 and wandering through Chioggia. Our hotel was overlooking the...