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Travel Blogs from Messinia
Confined to ship
... deck of the pool and there are even some we haven't discovered yet. The gym is also on level 9 right at the front of the ship, you can watch the ocean while you're working out. There's a library with an Internet area, a casino, seven restaurants and a cafe, a showroom, a screening room, some shops and a conference room. Apparently while I am typing I am missing the champagne reception the captain has invited everyone to so they can flog future cruises, I ...
Athens
... the restaurants and wait patiently at the tables for any food that might come their way. Very hard to resist them. On the negative side, there is a lot of graffiti, most of which there has been no attempt to remove. With the current exchange rate we have found everything to be very reasonably priced. Flying to Dubai this morning for some relaxing on Jumeria Beach, Turkish coffee and a little retail ...
Cruise Part 2
... talk with random strangers about nothing of any importance;
3. An ability to not listen to instructions, not process information and then ask stupid questions about what you have already been told!
A final piece of advice for same sex travellers is to have some standard words and phrases that can be dropped into a conversation to subtly advise the audience that you are not a couple eg. our parents, my sister, our family ...
Greek Isles Cruise
... and their beautiful scenery, and when asked which was our favourite we reckoned Mykonos had the best feel to it, although nowhere near as pretty as Santorini! The myriads of tourists and the commercialization spoilt Santorini a bit. Being on board ship has been quite an experience and while Mumsie and I both enjoyed the three days, we both reckon it's not the sort of holiday we would ever plan again! I guarantee I would go crazy if we were confined to a ship for any ...
Islands and mainland Greece
... really well set out like Ios either, the cheap accommodation is on the main beach about 20 mins by bus out of the main town, so during the day the beach is nice but at night it’s dead and no-where to eat. We stayed at this military barracks on the island, for the same price we could have stayed at the Ios Resort. By now we were running out of time. We had booked a flight out of Dubrovnik to Amsterdam on the 21st June- to meet up ...