Friday 14 June 2024

We are cruising close to the coastline of Greece and I have managed to connect to the internet. Below is yesterday’s report.

Thursday 13 June 2024

Yesterday we left the hotel at 11 and our transfer dropped us at the cruise terminal at 12 noon. Check-in for The Earl, Lollz, Sash, and me, took under an hour and we were able to go straight to our cabins although we didn’t get our luggage until a few hours later.

We are on the Fantastica package, so we have a slightly better choice of cabin than the Bella package. The better the package the higher the deck number. The Earl and I have been assigned a cabin for the mobility challenged so is much bigger than a standard cabin. We did not request this but it is certainly nice to have! Sorry, the photos have not loaded in the correct order. No time to fiddle.

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Lisa and Dominika flew in from Poland and checked in much later. We were wandering around the top deck when they spotted us and joined us for drinks. What a happy reunion.

It was Sasha’s birthday and the lovely South African barmen gave us each a tequila on the house to celebrate!

Lollz, Sash, The Earl and I had the early sitting for dinner and afterward we went to the theatre for “Tales of Istanbul’ which was lovely

The ship only departed at 11 pm and we were on deck to bid farewell to Istanbul. It was very viby if a little crowded but the views at night were awesome.

More to follow when and if I can connect to the internet!