Woke up to deathly quiet, no traffic, no sirens, so peaceful, strange for a city..... Roger woken up with a dizzy spell this morning....waiting for stemitil to crank in. Fingers crossed it is not the begining of anything horrible. The quiet has broken, the gondola 'drivers' are busily chatting and cleaning their gondolas..... Breaky at the main hotel on the Grand Canal, what a spot.....I asked if they happened to gave any GF toast......next thing out came a ba...

Up early to farewell the cruise and our new buddies......been great 12 days, extraordinary how much we have seen in that time......quite a pilgrimage. Spectacular morning, warm and sunny despite what they predicted. Met a lot of nice people on the cruise, not all Yanks are painful, however they are 'different'. Definitely better to have 'anytime dining', that way you sit with different crowd each time, or by yourselves if you choose. Even though there were qui...

Lazy me slept while Roger is off exercising at the gym! We will both be starving ourselves when we get back, so hard not to over indulge.....will be eating a jar of vegemite first though! Cruising towards Venice up the Adriatic sea, cool and overcast. Due to dock at 1300. Time to start packing up...bags out by 2300 tonight, disembarking 0900 tomorrow. Oh my Godfather, if that wasn't the most spectacular sail-in ever! Cruising through the harbour into Venice, 16 s...

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...