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Travel Blogs from Malia
Cruise Phase 1
Our cruise started in Venice on 4 October. The Oceania Rivera was all that we thought it would be. Our stateroom is spacious and very well fitted out. As with all rooms on this particular ship, we have our own balcony where we can sit and enjoy the passing scenery. There are numerous restaurants at which to eat. Four are speciality restaurants and then there is the Grand Dining Room, a buffet restaurant, an outside bar and grill and a coffee shop. It seems that every which way ...
Arrived in Heraklion
... wear my sit belt Mr driver), the driver decided that the best way to sort the issue was to repeatedly smash the part of the car from where the noise was coming from, with his wrist. It worked. Our Hotel is conveniently located opposite the harbour and we can even see our boat from the balcony. They don't sail on Saturday therefore we have to wait until the following morning to reach Santorini. I can't ...
Kreta
... tijd hebben het foldertje te bekijken, komt er een bus naar Plaka aan. We stappen snel op en kopen aan boord ticketjes bij een even vriendelijke en behulpzame (NOT!) Griek. Enkele reis kost 2,10 euro per persoon.
Pas terwijl we al op de bus zitten, zien we dat er maar om de 2 uur een bus rijdt. De bus waar wij op zitten was al 10 minuten te laat in Aghios en komt rond 9u30 aan in Plaka. "All on board" is om 14u30. We hebben dus maar 2 bussen terug: ...
Heraklion to Mykonos - Ferry Trip from hell
... Lots of other passengers going on the same ferry were getting very angry and I don’t blame them. The cranky lady in the office was becoming a real *****. She couldn’t give a **** really. Everyone would share updates with each other and in true European style again people were getting told different stories and any decent customer service is non existent. So many fellow travellers were really ****** off. Thankfully that cranky cow ...
Goodbye Crete
... For 70 euro we grab a standard room. Our room has a great view of the ocean and the beach isn’t bad, covered with white chairs and four poster beds at this resort. 3.30pm and its lunch time so we walk up the street and it has mostly empty restaurants. We finally found a taverna open and saganaki, calamari, greek salad for lunch, Yum! Back to our resort for a nice swim in the pool which was fabulous and so refreshing. Having a chat to a young Italian girl ...