Category: All About Cruising
Embarkation Day on Virgin Cruise Portsmouth
-United Kingdom.England.Portsmouth- Today we will board the Resilient Lady and sail off to visit the shores of France and Spain. We spent a few days in London – an expensive city which I never g... Read More
Visit the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
-MiddleEast.UAE.AbuDhabi- The Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque is an Instagram favourite that is understandable once you see it for yourself. Abu Dhabi and the UAE itself has many outstanding architectures w... Read More
Middle East Cruise on Costa Toscana – Day 6 – Abu Dhabi
Middle East Cruise on Costa Toscana Day 6 – Abu Dhabi -MiddleEast.UAE.AbuDhabi- Day 6 – Of all the stops on our journey so far, I had wanted to see a lot in this Abu Dhabi stop. Partly it ... Read More
Middle East Cruise on Costa Toscana – Day 5 Muscat
Middle East Cruise on Costa Toscana – Day 5 Muscat -MiddleEast.Oman.Muscat- Day 5 – I have to say I was pretty excited to visit Muscat, Oman. I have been fascinated by the country’s land... Read More
Carnevale in Venice
-Europe.Italy.Venice- Three friends and I piled into our rented car and made our way to the celebrations of Carnevale in Venice. That was in the February of year 2006 and I still have vivid memories... Read More
Visiting Mykonos on a cruise
-Europe.Greece.Mykonos- We have a Mykonos stop on our Greek Island round and get this- the ship is anchored overnight! There was already a buzz on the ship where an excited chatter from people plannin... Read More
A Boat Trip on Bodrum
-Asia.Turkiye.Bodrum- It is always exciting when sailing into a new port of call – even more so when it is a port never seen before. In this case it was Bodrum in Turkiye. I woke up early in the... Read More
Medieval city of Rhodes
-Europe.Greece.Rhodes- As we sailed into Rhodes, we made it a point to go on the top deck to catch sight of the ancient city. We tried to spot the Colossus of Rhodos and the windmills. But what greete... Read More
Seeing Santorini in a few hours
-Europe.Greece.Santorini- Believe it or not but out of all the Greek Islands, Santorini was not on my list of places to fly to and stay and explore. Mainly because it is so touristy and paying through... Read More
From Santorini Old Port to Fira
-Europe.Greece.Santorini- Santorini is no doubt famous: already during breakfast on board the Virgin Voyages, I heard snatches of conversations excitedly discussing about when to go ashore to finally ... Read More
Arion Athens Hotel Acropolis view
-Europe.Greece.Athens- As in any big cities, the choices of Hotels are plenty in Athens, we stayed in 2 hotels and one is the Arion Athens in Psiri. Address: Ag. Dimitriou 18, Psiri Note: This post... Read More
Pre-cruise day 2 – Athens
Day no. 2 we woke up early which was a surprise after that loud music that was blaring until late. Today I had planned some sight seeing activities to see Athens but did not do any booking as I was no... Read More
Pre-cruise day 1 – Athens
Our day started off very early as we had a 4-hour drive ahead to Vienna to catch our flight to Athens. I had found a parking space at the last moment the night before and hoping it would work out fine... Read More
