Distance travelled 1,347 nautical milesAs I've been saying the whole trip the bad weather won’t last. Venice has been a beautiful sunny and warm day. Whether my optimism paid off or I’m just good at playing the numbers game, the weather had been short lived. The storm continued throughout the night. The ship started to toss and pitch but with the vibrations from the rudder and propellers as they tried to fight the storm it was difficult to sleep e...

Temperature: 19C 66FDistance travelled: 3902 nautical milesSince we entered the Med there has been a distinct drop in the temperature. It's as if we have passed through a portal from hot to luke warm/tepid. There has been no gradual decline in weather. The clouds seem to hover around the eastern Med but there is some force field or magnetic force that is stopping the clouds from floating over the Suez Canal and in to the Red Sea.It was the last of the 6 perfo...

It's 700 nautical miles from Odessa to Piraeus so another day at sea. Time to catch up on a day of lounging around on a sunbed on deck 12. In our dreams…!!!We left Odessa in the high 70s (25C), Piraeus is said to be in the mid 80s (28C). What greeted us on the sea day wasn't the expected 'Sammy Sunshine’. It was more like Phileas Fogg-horn’!!The morning started off very misty and the temperature had dropped considerably. I was beginn...

The clocks went forward 1 hour last night. We are now 2 hours in front of the UK. We had booked our only official excursion today; a trip to the ancient site of Olympia, where the Olympics first began in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC (Before Coe!!). Katakolon, I hear is nothing but a 2 horse town. As we are only in port from between 8am – 1pm, there wasn't enough time to make our own way to this archaeological site.It was an early start. For this reason ...

Today is a full day at sea as we sail ever closer to our next port of call, Heraklion. The clocks went forward 1 hour last night so we are now +2 UK time (BST).The weather hasn't gotten any better. The ship was tossed around quite a bit during the night and the forecast doesn’t look that good. I knew I should have packed that sou’wester!!We learned yesterday that there has been a policy change regarding the tips on board. Tips have always been dis...