Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2015
It’s good to be back in Rhodes! Libby and I last visited this city in March, 2009. From what I recall, the old town within the city walls remains largely unchanged. Being summer, the flowers are now in bloom. The weather is a bit warmer and pleasantly windier. Otherwise, it’s much the same charming […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2015
Today we toured the Castle of the Knights of St. Peter, also known as the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology. We did this–unfortunately–as our final organized shore excursion from the ship. Whereas yesterday simply wasn’t required, today’s shore excursion was a net negative relative to doing it on our own. Why pay a premium to […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2015
We docked in Kusadasi around 9am and assembled for our shore excursion (an iPod-guided tour of Ephesus) a little after 10am. We opted for the ship’s tour at the suggestion of Rick Steves guidebook. In hindsight, taxis and our time in port were plentiful, and the distance from Kusadasi to Ephesus wasn’t great. We could […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2015
Another slow day… I recall a few years back being a bit annoyed on our last Eastern Med cruise by its seemingly slow-ish start. This year? Perfectly happy despite not doing a lot for the past couple of days. After breakfast, Emerson visited the kid’s club while we attended a so-so port talk. We then […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2015
Today we board the Rhapsody of the Seas for our cruise. Here’s a photo of it from yesterday at Topkapi Palace: Travel-wise, today was kind of a waste as we didn’t really have time this morning to do too much before heading to the ship. I tried–again unsuccessfully–to replace my Cannon S100 that developed some […]