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24th July 2015

Friday – Cutting it Fine

Following notification of the Marco Polo’s two hour delay, my departure time from home was duly put back by a couple of hours, and I enjoyed a leisurely morning before setting off for Tilbury from North Yorkshire. What started out as a well-paced, rather idyllic day, soon turned into something very different, however. Only an hour before leaving, I noticed...

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23rd July 2015

Thursday – The Eve of Another Adventure

It’s come around again so quickly; it only seems like yesterday that we were coming home from the Minerva and the Black Sea. Tomorrow, I will be joining the Marco Polo for its 50th Anniversary Commemorative Cruise to Greenland and Canada… Happy Birthday Marco Polo! There’s still a bunch of packing to do, but I have mountains of art materials bagged...

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11th May 2015

Monday – Heading Home

Today, we said farewell to the Minerva and headed for home. First, we had to pass through immigration at the port before boarding a bus to take us to the airport. Istanbul airport is a massive, busy airport, where all luggage and passengers are passed through scanners BEFORE checking-in. Both Tracey and I held our breath as they weighed the...

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10th May 2015

Sunday – Istanbul, Turkey

Today we arrived at the end of the line (for this cruise, at least)… one of our favourite cities, in fact… Istanbul, in Turkey. The last time we visited Istanbul was in 2012, travelling on board Fred Olsen’s Black Watch. We fell in love with the place then, and it was with great anticipation that we went ashore today. One...

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9th May 2015

Saturday – Nessebar, Bulgaria

Nessebar charmed us today. We had a good feeling about the place when we arrived yesterday evening, but to have had a whole day to wander around the town has been an utter delight. Nessebar old town is situated on a small peninsular attached to the mainland by a single causeway (with a road on it). It isn’t a very...

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