2011 Vision Med & Holy Land

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- Nov 10, 2011
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 276 ft
- Greece Attica Athens Omonoia 37.98381, 23.72753937°59’2” N 23°43’39” E
Day 44
Athens Greece
November 10, 2011 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Jumped the bus to Athens with Ken and Denise, surprised with the poverty we saw.
Saw the Acropolis but didn't go right up to it.
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- Nov 11, 2011 UTC
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Eastern Mediterranean 34.120397, 17.73723234°7’13” N 17°44’14” E
Day 45
The Quest
November 11, 2011, Eastern Mediterranean ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We all took part in the Quest last night.
For those who don't know it's a crazy game show where a lot of drunks do strange things such as men wearing women's underwear etc.
We won...woo hoo.
It was a great laugh (at the time) lol.
It was all filmed and will be shown on the cruise video, so I may regret taking my trousers off and wearing Drena's bra, which she took off at the table.
Later in the contest one woman from each team had to show the host her bra and as I was wearing Drena's as I said, she promptly lifted her blouse up to show him her bare boob's... As Kenny Everett would of said " It was all in the best possible taste " yeah right..... LOLRead more
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- Nov 12, 2011 UTC
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Eastern Mediterranean 34.994004, 14.63378934°59’38” N 14°38’2” E
Day 46
The Lost Day
November 12, 2011, Eastern Mediterranean ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
It all started two day's ago.
We went to the theatre with John and Drena to see the Rat Pack tribute group.
Sheila and I had seen them with Ken and Denise on the first leg of the cruise.
Sheila had ended up on stage with Dean Martin last time and she was adamant she was not getting on stage this time.... Yeah right!
As soon as he came by her she sprinted past him and was on the stage before him.... Lol... That may be a slight exaggeration but only a slight one.. Lol.
Anyway the upshot was we saw the guys in the bar on our way to bed and stopped for a quick chat, so Sheila could take in all the adulation from them.
They were telling her how she made the show that night etc, etc.
That was the first mistake, the second being staying for a quick drink with them and Simeon, the cruise director, who had joined us by this time.
The third and on my part the most fatal mistake was me drinking another bottle of red wine.... Hence the title The Lost Day.
I did spend the next day and night in the cabin recovering...... But I'm fine now so onward and upward as the bard said (I think he said it) lolRead more
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- Nov 13, 2011
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Malta Valletta Is-Sur t-Isfel ta’ Castile 35.897736, 14.51892535°53’52” N 14°31’8” E
Day 47
Malta
November 13, 2011 in Malta ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Got to Malta yesterday and all six of us decided to take the open top bus tour.....fatal mistake...lol
I'm blaming Denise because she picked the open top instead of the inside bus....because as she rightly said you can see more and it was a good deal at €10 each.
What we hadn't bargained for was the driver doing 60mph on the open road which was most of the trip and also we'd not realised it was a 3hr tour.
Needless to say we were battered by the gale force wind the speed created.
We were flying past fields and villages so fast it created G force scale winds that made it almost impossible to breathe...lol.
Also the driver seemed to be searching for all the storm clouds, if you looked left and saw clear blue skies, you could guarantee he'd turn right and chase a big black storm cloud.
But he failed to get us wet until the last 10 minutes of the tour, when he finally caught the biggest and blackest cloud you've ever seen.
It then started pouring down, so he promptly stopped so we could all enjoy the freezing cold rain...lol.
Needless to say most of us had come out dressed for Caribbean style sunshine, even though this was mid November in the Mediterranean. ..
But all in all it was a good laugh, and as Denise kept reminding us, at €10 for a three hour tour, it was a bargain....lol
And just to top it all Ken lost his baseball cap somewhere around Rabat...so maybe it wasn't that much of a bargain after all lol.Read more
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- Nov 15, 2011 UTC
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Eastern Mediterranean 35.294456, 20.79143235°17’40” N 20°47’29” E
Day 49
70s Disco night
November 15, 2011, Eastern Mediterranean ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Never again.
Last night was the 70s disco party in the centrum.
We were all there, Sheila and I, Ken & Denise, John & Drena and Ann.
All full of free wine, we had a whale of a time.
I was certain I was John Travolta disco dancing, complete with shirt open to my waist.
I even caught the Love Train..... God why do we do these things? It seemed a good idea at the time and I'm suffering for it now.... Lol.
But we all had a great time and that's all that really matters.Read more
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- Nov 17, 2011
- 🌧 7 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Turkey Istanbul Dolayoba Pendik Burnu 40.871126, 29.23174240°52’16” N 29°13’54” E
Day 51
Istanbul port
November 17, 2011 in Turkey ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
God do I feel rough this morning.
I'm sure Sheila force fed me white wine last night.
I can remember being on stage with about six other alcoholics, all trying to remember and sing the next line to the song played to us.
The upshot is I apparently won another gold medal... So it's not all bad... But I do feel rough this morning.... I can't wait to get home and stop drinking..... LOL.Read more
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2011 Vision Med & Holy Land

Athens Greece

The Quest

The Lost Day

Malta

70s Disco night

Istanbul port