Greek isles & italy

June - July 2022

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- Jun 20, 2022, 2:45am
- 🌙 9 °C
- Altitude: 81 m
- England Ringway Wythenshawe Manchester Airport Railway Station 53.362886, -2.2730553°21’46” N 2°16’23” W
Day 1
Onward to the airport
June 20, 2022 in 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 😵‍💫Read more
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- Jun 20, 2022, 4:49am
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 73 m
- England Ringway Manchester Airport 53.361401, -2.27499853°21’41” N 2°16’30” W
Day 1
Cruise thru the Airport
June 20, 2022 in 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 haRead more
Traveler Ey, that’s a good start to your day, safe travels- hope you have a wonderful time 😇
6/20/22Reply
Steve Catterall lol well it stops there, flight delayed by 30 minutes, should get there by 12 I hope 😘
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- Jun 20, 2022, 4:12pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 70 m
- Italy Latium Civitavecchia San Liborio 42.116667, 11.8242°7’0” N 11°49’12” E
Day 1
On board
June 20, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 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 😜Read more
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- Jun 21, 2022, 7:59pm UTC
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Ionian Sea 36.941667, 19.5336°56’30” N 19°31’48” E
Day 2
Day 2 all at sea
June 21, 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 🤣Read more
Traveler Who took that? Good pic!
6/21/22Reply
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- Jun 22, 2022, 9:41am
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Aegean Sea 36.345, 24.68666736°20’42” N 24°41’12” E
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Day 3
Day 3 en route to santorini
June 22, 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 😊
Traveler you look explorer with hat on or are going to write a novel of your experience enjoy
6/22/22Reply
Traveler breakfast looks good im on porridge
6/22/22Reply
Steve Catterall foods really good, forty minutes to get ashore ha ha
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- Jun 22, 2022, 3:47pm
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 127 m
- Greece South Aegean Santorini Oía Panagía 36.461667, 25.37666736°27’42” N 25°22’36” E
Day 3
Day 3 Santorini,Oia and visit to winery
June 22, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 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 😵‍💫Read more
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- Jun 22, 2022, 5:02pm
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Greece South Aegean Santorini Porí 36.455, 25.43166736°27’18” N 25°25’54” E
Day 3
Day 3 oia continued and Fira
June 22, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 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 😘🍺🍸Read more
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- Jun 23, 2022, 11:02am
- 🌙 25 °C
- Altitude: 94 m
- Greece Attica Athens Aérides Areopagus 37.971667, 23.72333337°58’18” N 23°43’24” E
Day 4
Day 4, Athens acropolis and partheon
June 23, 2022 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Kalimera ...
Arrived on time but delay on port authorities clearing ship, now on my way to the acropolis. It's about 9 miles from the port but always somewhere I've wanted to go.

Can't believe the queue to get in and apart from an olive grove there's very little shade, think it's going to be a hot one 😅Read more
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- Jun 23, 2022, 1:00pm
- ☀️ 34 °C
- Altitude: 93 m
- Greece Attica Athens Anafiotika Roman Baths 37.9719, 23.73387237°58’19” N 23°44’2” E
Day 4
Day 4
June 23, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 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 !Read more
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- Jun 24, 2022, 6:11am
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Greece South Aegean Mykonos Tourlos Órmos Toúrlos 37.465, 25.3237°27’54” N 25°19’12” E
Day 5
Day 5 mykonos & island of Delos
June 24, 2022 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Early morning arrival at Mykonos, just berthing then breakfast. Hoping to get a ferry over to the island of Delos mythology says it's meant to be where Apollo and Artemis were born and has some really good ruins, here's hoping 😚Read more
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