Peter's Travel Blog

Today, we arrived at our second Urkrainian destination; Sevastopol. More signposts and notices with Ukrainian lettering that means nothing to us, and more of the architecture we’d become familiar with in Odessa yesterday, only not quite so ornate or pristine. Being a Monday, we expected to see more life, but, in truth, Odessa was livlier, and catered for visitors far...

Today, we arrived in Odessa, in the Ukraine.   We’ve had a little trouble with internet connections over the last couple of days; yesterday, we were disappointed not to find free Wi-fi in Varna. Later, when we came to upload and update all our stuff, on board ship, we found we couldn’t because the internet was off… grrrrrrrrr!   This...

Today, we arrived at the first of our Black Sea destinations, Varna; the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.   It was going to be a relatively short visit, with guests asked to be back on board ship by 3pm, so to maximise on our time, we decided to purchase a couple of shuttle bus...

Today has been a sea day, but one with a difference. In the morning, we passed through the Dardanelles Strait; worth getting up early for and listening to the on-deck commentary by Dr Roger Cartwright…   This is an area steeped in history and myth. It was the scene of a major military campaign in the 2nd World War, at...

Today, we arrived in the port of Piraeus, in Greece. It was another relatively early start, in order to get up on deck and see whereabouts we were. Piraeus is a large port, so it pays to establish your bearings as soon as possible. After a hearty breakfast, we got our things together and went ashore. Today’s objective was to...