Gregory's travel blog
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
OK folks, you will have noticed a few days off before the last few posts - we've done the long slog home and slept about 14 hours to catch up. The quadrupeds were happy to see us, and Madame Pele welcomed us home with a pretty nice sky. Thanks for coming along!
In the Corinth port, we walked by this monster. Belongs to the Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates. 531 feet long, 50 bedrooms.
https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/sheik-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dubai-yacht.php
Probably not in Nero's time.
We then sailed the canal between the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. It was originally begun by Nero, but only reached fruition in the late 1800's.
Guarding the Temple of Apollo is a tough job but somebody's gotta do it.
Corinth is the last port of the cruise. Lots of ancient ruins, of course..
Monday, October 21, 2024
(I’m aware that some videos work and some don’t - it’s just an expected situation in tough wifi areas. Apologies if it didn’t come through)
Our oarsman sang during most of the trip. Won’t make anybody forget Charles Aznavour, but still. (Yeah yeah yeah, Aznavour was Armenian. Potato, potahto)
Seabourn has it as “Cephalonia”, it’s also frequently “Kephalonia”. Whatever - “a rose by any other name”…..such a delightful place. Melissani’s Cave - it used to be entirely underground but a portion of the surface area fell years ago, so now it’s half open, half covered. Crystal clear water.
…….and then the next morning: sunrise over Cephalonia.
Sunset at Corfu. Then late that night.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Wait. Another rubber duckie store? Has this become a “thing”, and I didn’t know?
More Šibenik.
Šibenik, Croatia.
(Also quite popular with cruise ships)
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