Adriatic & Aegean 2024

03:15 cannot possibly be a time, surely it’s just a badly formatted ratio? Sadly no, two alarms ring out at this most… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 00 – Sat 20/07

We decide to breakfast, stay hotel-bound until checkout, then leave our bags and go for a walk. We have furious temperatures again,… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 01 – Sun 21/07

Looking out from our balcony we are amazed by the view of Monemvasia towering in from of us. This once tiny island… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 02 – Mon 22/07

It’s quite appropriate that today’s port is Katakolon the gateway to Olympia, given that the modern Games of the 33rd Olympiad will… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 03 – Tue 23/07

Our first sea day promises to be relaxing and stress-free, but sometimes the expectation and the reality are not aligned.  Of course… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 04 – Wed 24/07 

We’ve crossed the Adriatic and are now on the coast of Italy, right down at the heel. Bríndisi is an old town… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 05 – Thu 25/07

We should be tendering into Dubrovnik, but we learned last night that we are berthing instead. We’ve done both previously so don’t… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 06 – Fri 26/07

There are four ships in Zadar today, three around 600 customers each, and one with just 300, so guess which one gets… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 07 – Sat 27/07

Today marks the start of cruise number two. More than 400 customers leave today, only 160 are left, and we-who-remain are offered… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 08 – Sun 28/07

Today is a new place for us. It’s also the third and last Croatian port on this adventure. We are moored in… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 09 – Mon 29/07

Our return to Kotor is almost 10 years to the day since our first visit. On that occasion we walked up to… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 10 – Tue 30/07

Also in port today is a cute little Emerald ship. Regular readers will remember we used this line for our only ever… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 11 – Wed 31/07

After tendering into the small port of Sami, we first visit a supermarket to pick up provender, then continue our walk round… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 12 – Thu 01/08

On this holiday we get one sea day per week, which is a relief as in principle it allows me to catch… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 13 – Fri 02/08

Sometimes a port turns out to be so much more exciting than originally expected. Today is definitely one of those, even though… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 14 – Sat 03/08

As we sail towards Piraeus we pass Hydra where the windmills are all visible. The glow behind is from Athen and we… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 15 – Sun 04/08

We’re in Mama Mia country once again. A few years ago we visited Skopolos which is the prime site of filming for… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 16 – Mon 05/08

We’re back on mainland Greece, a new port to us, Kavala is a city which dates back to 7th century BC. It… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 17 – Tue 06/08

Our third sea day we transit across the Aegean heading towards Turkey for the next two days. The weather is gorgeous and… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 18 – Wed 07/08

Although we’re bereft of plan, we have been to Kusidasi before so know what to do – we choose a day trip… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 19 – Thu 08/08

Bodrum is our second Turkish port on this cruise. We are the only ship here, later we gather the shopkeepers are very… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 20 – Fri 09/08

Last time we visited Santorini we swam in the natural jacuzzi created by an undersea vent, climbed the still-mumbling old island, and… Read more: Adriatic & Aegean 2024 – day 21 – Sat 10/08