Peter's Travel Blog

6th June – Paphos, Cyprus Yesterday we visited Limassol in Cyprus. In the evening, we travelled literally just around the corner – roughly 50 miles away – and dropped anchor about 10:30pm, just off Paphos… also in Cyprus, of course. We could see the lights of Paphos and hear music from the shore. On a couple of occasions, I could...

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...