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Noon Report: Location: N 42° 05.95′, E 011° 46.44′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 13º C; 55º F Wind: SSW 7 knots; 8 mph Early start with a long day ahead of us. As we were grabbing a quick breakfast the sun disappeared. We looked up to see something the size of […]

Noon Report: Location: N 40° 50.22′, E 014° 15.63′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: N 10 knots; 11.5 mph After breakfast I got ready to head out on the morning excursion while Cheryl got ready to head back to bed. She’s caught my cold and is trying

Noon Report: Location: N 38° 11.76′, E 015° 33.49′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: W 15 knots; 17 mph Woke up this morning docked in Messina on the island of Sicily. Our excursion call was 8:45 so we slept a bit later and had a leisurely breakfast

Noon Report: Location: N 36° 52.05′, E 019° 43.74′ Speed: 12.8 knots Course: 286º Weather: Clear Temperature: 15º C; 59º F Wind: SW 6 knots; 7 mph Sea: 3′ swell Not your typical sea day. First, we’re in between colds. I’m better (but not quite 100%) and Cheryl’s getting it. Second, the big all-consuming event

Noon Report: Location: N 37° 56.40′, E 023° 38.12′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 16º C; 61º F Wind: NW 4 knots; 5 mph Back in January 2020 we spent several days in Athens while on a tour of Greece, so when we reviewed the excursion options (both ship sponsored and private)

Noon Report: Location: N 39° 53.35′, E 025° 48.02′ Speed: 10.9 knots Course: 208º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 10º C; 50º F Wind: WNW 3 knots; 4 mph Sea: Calm I managed to rouse myself from sleep long enough to see Cheryl leaving to exercise, then dozed off again – waking sometime later to find

Noon Report: Location: N 41° 01.52′, E 028° 58.98′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 11º C; 52º F Wind: SW 9 knots; 10 mph Remember how yesterday we celebrated the sea day morning by not setting the alarm?Well today we had an 8:15 excursion call so we set the alarm for our

Noon Report: Location: N 40° 40.85′, E 027° 30.60′ Speed: 17.8 knots Course: 66º Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: ESE 5 knots; 7 mph Sea: Calm Today was a strange hybrid day – a sea day with an evening excursion. As a nod to my head cold we didn’t set the

Noon Report: Location: N 37° 51.81′, E 027° 15.34′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 12º C; 54º F Wind: SSW 7 knots; 9 mph We docked this morning at the port of Kusadaski. This is the port for Ephesus nowadays. Ephesus used to be the sea port, but during the first century

Noon Report: Location: N 36° 26.78′, E 028° 14.01′ Speed: Docked Course: Docked Weather: Partly Cloudy Temperature: 17º C; 63º F Wind: SSE 5 knots; 6 mph Woke up to a great sunrise this morning as we pulled into port.We were impressed with the castle, ancient city wall, and whitewashed “new town.” After a quick