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    20. juni 2022
    Steve CatterallGreek isles & italySteve Catterall

    Onward to the airport

    20. juni 2022, England ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

    Well I dropped my bag off at the airport yesterday and to my surprise very little queueing check in opened at 4.30 but I was here early ) me thinking it opened at 14.30 🙄) so was one of the first of a long queue forming but managed to get the 17.10 back to Preston so home in time for grand Prix ( so that's a result 👍)

    I've booked early taxi (02.45) to get me to airport for 4.15 then hopefully I've only the queue for security with virtually nothing but emergency set of clothes and camera in my bag so I'm hoping it will be a breeze, just need to see how big the queue is at the airport, I asked yesterday and was told it might be 3 hours 😵‍💫    Læs mere

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    Not my plane but love the idea 'fly with jesus' ha ha ha

    Cruise thru the Airport

    20. juni 2022, England ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    Well taxi got me to airport for 4.00 am and sat in departure lounge with my esspresso, think I timed it well as queue started to form behind me , still 45 minutes from getting out of taxi to sitting with my brew is cool 😊

    Memo to myself..... Disregard the news and social media ha ha    Læs mere

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  • Steve CatterallGreek isles & italySteve Catterall
    View of French alps
    Oh dear I've gravitated to this bar 😵‍💫

    On board

    20. juni 2022, Italien ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Well uneventful flight, 30 min delay but hey no great shakes.

    Well pandemonium at the airport, I must have walked bloody miles, everyone has turned up at once for the shuttle to the boat, hope it's not as chaotic there

    Well I was wrong, chaotic at the airport and no one had a clue, then eventually got the shuttle to the port and the biggest queue I've seen😵‍💫 however credit due there must have been 30 desks dealing with the boarding process so only took half an hour, just settling in to cabin and hope my bags turn up eventually, anyhow loads to do right thru till midnite so I'm going to look out the boat 🍺🍸

    Shit this mojito bar is brill, just tried a jalapeno cucumber mojito talk about rock the roof of your mouth, better than a piri piri 😜    Læs mere

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    First coffee of the day
    I always knew I'd end up in the 'pour house' 😵‍💫🍺LunchtimeNot sure what this strange room isI think this is where they get the power of the engines fail

    Day 2 all at sea

    21. juni 2022, Ionian Sea ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Wow woke up to glorious sunshine just as the ship passes through the straights of Messina between the toe of Italy and Sicily. Read a few chapter of my book and chill on balcony for a while 😊

    God it's roasting been on top deck taking in the rays and exploring the boat.

    Well rounded off the day watching a couple of shows after a really nice meal. The shows were very good although i decided to skip the late night 80's party at the pool side 🙄... No staying power 🤣    Læs mere

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    Day 3 en route to santorini

    22. juni 2022, Aegean Sea ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Up early again, the clocks changed...again ...another hour forward 🙄 but what a view to yet again get up to and simply chill with a coffee and book 😊

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    Day 3 Santorini,Oia and visit to winery

    22. juni 2022, Grækenland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Arrived and just waiting for the tenders to go to Santorini.

    First stop wine tasting at local vineyard cooperative then on to oia, wine was ok but didn't rock my boat, strange way to grow grapes, ground level and round in a circle to protect itself .

    On to oia for the picture post card views, the place was manic, in fact the Moroccan souks were less crowded 😊

    Lovely postcard perfect place but probably better when 5 cruise ships dock each with a couple of thousand people on 😵‍💫    Læs mere

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    Day 3 oia continued and Fira

    22. juni 2022, Grækenland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    After oia headed back to Fira, which is at top of a massive cliff and the only method of getting down to the port are, 1) walk down 600 steps, 2) ride a donkey down ... I kid you not in this day and age people were doing it 😮‍💨 3) use the cable car, well I opted for the cable car.... The queue to catch it was as bad as an airport queue...Seventy Five minutes in the sun ...omg still it was better than the other two options !

    Well that's a quick trip, there's plenty to do even if there's only a few towns but if I came again I'd fly and try to avoid the bedlam of when the boats come in,

    Tomorrow, I hope to wake up in Piraeus and head into Athens which I'm really looking forward to 😉 tonight it's shower, change and hit the bars and cabaret 😘🍺🍸    Læs mere

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    Olympiakos stadium

    Day 4

    23. juni 2022, Grækenland ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    It's hot now, seeking refuge in the shade and a bar ! I think the acropolis visit is a bit of a must do thing but really disappointed massive queues to get in and very few places to stop and look, all the interesting bits are on walkways and there are staff with whistles demanding people keep moving so really disappointed, having said that the view from the top is immense, I could even see the ship in port 9 miles away !Læs mere

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  • Steve CatterallGreek isles & italySteve Catterall
    The fleets in
    The elevator from the dock to the city, thank god 😵‍💫My god it's hot, and no breeze at all2A light lunchHmm Active ageing...sounds goodI bet some people at home wish the council used signs like this 🤣1

    Day 7 Valletta

    26. juni 2022, Malta ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Back to valletta after whistle stop drive around some of the island, time for beer 🍺

    Quite a nice city surprised at how hilly it actually is, luckily the streets are narrow so there's some shade in this heat.Læs mere

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    A bit of sea mist on arrival

    Day 8 Messina, Sicilly

    27. juni 2022, Italien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Well had the chance to go on a tour of Taormina and Mount Etna but decided instead to have a stroll around the town instead, after all I saw mount Etna from the ship lol.

    Went for a stroll onto the square and went in St Mary's cathedral which was as opulent as all churches here seem to be. Outside is a really amazing clock tower it's said to be the biggest and most complex clock in the world. It has astronomical figures and settings along with figures that move every quarter of an hour, really cool.

    Caught a tram up to the shops and had a good look round then caught another team to the museum, was going to walk but a) it was too far and B) it's bloody roasting again ha ha.

    All in all glad I didn't roast on a tour bus, at least I've been able to stop and have some really decent coffees ...and beer. N.b I stayed away from moretti in favour of birra Messina and Ceres 😜    Læs mere

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    Sunrise and mount vesuvius
    Motorcycles everywhere

    Day 9 naples

    28. juni 2022, Italien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Arrived in Naples, decided not to do a tour of Pompeii as I imagine there will be several coachloads at the same time, anyhow it might spoil my memories from my last visit.

    Instead I'm going to go round the city and seek shelter from the sun in some bar or other ha ha. It was hot yesterday but there's a weather warning for extreme heat today 😧

    Well I will never criticise the london tube again ! Thought I'd be clever and use the metro, well it would be ok if there were maps available , well that's forty minutes of my life I won't get back ha ha ended up in middle of nowhere !    Læs mere

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    Day 10, livorno, florence & pisa

    29. juni 2022, Italien ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Passed Corsica and the isle of Elba on the way to the final port of trip,Livorno, before returning to Rome. Have seen a couple of pods of dolphins both yesterday and today but only through my telescope as they seem to keep away from the boat 😵‍💫

    It's predicted to be yet another hot day but all's welland once off the ship the plan is to go to Pisa and then Florence.

    Well managed to get to Pisa ok 😜

    Now in Florence, think I could spend a couple of days here it seems quite nice and at least the roads are stone so not melting    Læs mere

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  • Steve CatterallGreek isles & italySteve Catterall
    1View from hotel

    Day 11. Rome

    30. juni 2022, Italien ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Well that's the cruise over today, I've a quick tour round Rome arranged and then 2 nights in Rome which should be good 😜

    OMG, I don't know how I got this hotel but it's location is out of this world. Its literally minutes away from loads of stuff and the coliseum is a five minute slow stroll. It's taken me two and a half hours just to stroll round the area outside the hotel.Læs mere

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    Forum hotel

    1. juli 2022, Italien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Well the hotel deserves a slot of its own 😜

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    The stairs down to exit the museum 😵‍💫

    Day 12. Exploring rome

    1. juli 2022, Vatikanet ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    So many things to see, it's where to start ha ha. Well that was an understatement - I'm back at the hotel now after walking a grand total of 21177 steps 😵‍💫

    Vatican city on it's own is immense and the route thru the Vatican museum to get to the sistene chapel is unbelievable, and the items in there are quite beyond belief. You could on fact spend a couple of days looking at all the exhibits and paintings.Læs mere

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  • Steve CatterallGreek isles & italySteve Catterall
    Mont blanc

    Day 13 sadly homeward bound

    2. juli 2022, Frankrig ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Well if I could I would have stopped in Rome longer as the time I gave myself doesn't do this city any justice. However now I've been I will certainly come back and the hotel was really really good, close to things to see and as I found out last night a really really good restaurant 😜

    Well it's home to the rain I suppose until my next trip in eight weeks 😜    Læs mere

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    11. juli 2022
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