Saturday 21 October Forecast: Overcast maximum 17° We left Panicale, packing only our small cabin bag each. Having the car though allowed us to at least to take our coats and computer bag without lugging them ourselves. Bellagio, Lake Como, is 500km from Panicale, 5.5hrs. The traffic moves swiftly with Italians making use of their autostrada and "open" speed limits. Although suggested speeds are shown along the toll roads, drivers in general, fail to adhere t...

Sending catch up to you all, You only just received two blogs, from Cephalonia and Crete, just completed from Panicale. The reason for delay in blogging is the very disappointing internet speed and the outrageous cost by Cunard for internet use on board. I say outrageous because it cost $US1000 just for internet use and only until we found out (about four days on board). Thereafter all blogs stopped. It was impossible to download photos with the slow speed and...

Monday 16 October 2017 Florence We disembarked from the ship early on Saturday morning, without incident. We placed our large bag outside our stateroom the night before, tagged, as instructed. Such efficiency as our bag was waiting in the "arrival" terminal when we disembarked and we were out of the terminal in less than five minutes! The taxis were lined up like "yellow bees" but allocated to you in civilised manner by a transport officio. Up front our driver...

Friday 13 October 2017 Mykonos, Greece …… last excursion before disembarking in Athens tomorrow Our Tour: "Mykonos Highlights" Forecast: Partly cloudy skies Max: 21° Sunrise: 7:24am Sunset: 6:45pm Today marks the last of our excursions from Queen Victoria. Fourteen nights embarking in Venice, visiting Dubrovnik, Greece Islands (Crete, Souda Bay, Athens, Heraklion, Rhodes and Mykonos) and Albania before disembarking tomorrow in Athens (Port of Piraeus...

Thursday 12 October 2017 Port of Rhodes, Greece Excursion: "Lindos & Rhodes Town" Forecast: Sunny clear skies Max: 24° Sunrise: 7:11am Sunset 6:34pm The city of Rhodes has three separate areas, merging to create a picture of past and 'ancient city' with its classical stadium, theatre and ruins of the Temple of Apollo. The 'old city' with its walled town, medieval buildings and vaults recalling the days of the Crusaders. The 'new town', a modern resort...