Cruising off the coast heading to Venice, due to arrive at midday tomorrow.....kick back day today. Another spectacular day at sea, sunny with a breeze blowing. Did the washing in the bath.......love my washing machine! Having 'pub lunch' with Mark and Molly today, then dress-up time tonight for Captain's Dinner. Force 7 wind blowing this am, bit bumpy, the captain assures us it is only the ship hitting the waves, not mermaids, dolphins or rocks! Reassuring! ...

Yep, go to sleep in Turkey wake up in Greece.........way to go. Just had an email from a couple we were with on the Scenic Tour who had been on the river cruise......they both ended up with whooping cough and ended up going home early, poor things! Docked about 0600 at Piraeus, the port of Athens. Tour today starts at the Acropolis, (wow along way up the hill) dedicated to the Godess ( a female for a change!) Athena...... Spectacular stuff......The Parthenon is h...

All ashore on Mykonos......cool and cloudy at 0630. Lots of expensive boats moored.....gorgeous white houses on the hills. Well if that isn't the cutest town......and that was on a terrible day weatherwise (big thunderstorm)..... Imagine what it would look like on a sunny day. I guess the all white washed buildings, such uniformity, stunning, with the odd splash of blue, red and sometimes green or yellow. So many churches with red or blue domes, most of them fam...

Another perfect day on the Mediteranean......beautiful day, a bit of a swell today. So far so good. Catch up day today after 2 big days in Egypt. Going to have lunch today with a couple we met at dinner last night. Nice people. I don't think even after 12 days I will be able to find my way around this ship without the map!! Currently cruising past the coast of Turkey, should reach Mykonos around 0200 according to the Captain. I stirred them up today complai...