Category: Mediterranean

Today, we arrived in Limassol, Cyprus. When we stepped outside onto the balcony for our pre-breakfast cup of tea, we could see bunkering operations in progress down below us. This is where the ship takes on fuel and water, often provided by a service vessel parked very closely up alongside. After breakfast, we caught the free shuttle bus into town,...

After yesterday’s slightly underwhelming visit to Athens, we were all fired-up and ready to go for today’s visit to Heraklion, in Crete. Before heading out, though – and even before breakfast – I rang the cruise office to ask for a small change to be made to the programme regarding my classes tomorrow. The ship is gearing up for full-on...

Today, we arrived in Piraeus, a major cruise port adjacent to the capital city of Greece. We’ve been to Athens a couple of times before… on our first visit, we travelled into the city by public transport and did the whole ‘visiting the Acropolis’ thing by ourselves. On our second time here, we escorted shore excursions to the Acropolis; tours...

This morning, the captain made an announcement saying that the eagle-eyed amongst us may have noticed that we were not moving at all. He explained the reason for this was because we had some extra time ‘in the bank’ (as he described it), so they were using the opportunity to perform some ‘Drifting Calculations’. He defined this as turning the...