Welcome Back, which means you’re still as curious as we
remember, or else you would have rolled your eyes at the last post and begun
binge-watching reruns of the Breaking Bad, or continued your game of Ma Jong,
or whatever.
So, here’s the Deal about when, what, how and more
importantly what to wear… where.
Since you can never get enough of Venice [or so they say] we
all fly into Venice 2 days ahead of the Cruise to tour around and catch up on
what we didn't get to the last time around. What we don’t see then we'll fill
in on the layover between cruises.
Much less expensive for 2 nights
than two rooms in an over-priced aging property on the island and much easier
to get in and out of.
Dragging LUG-gage on and off a vaporetto and through
Venice, over stepped bridges etc. is a pain, not to mention trying to get it
all to the Venice Cruise Terminal which ain't easy either.
Transportation
in and out of Venice will be a snap. The bus stop for
a €1.50/15 minute ride to the vaporetto docks at Piazzale Roma {P.le
Roma} is right on the corner which makes this apartment at Via Milano 15 an
ideal spot.
And since
we'll be there for 2 days, we plan on buying a €20/24hr or €30/48hr Transport Card. With
these you can ride the bus and vaporettos as much as you need, for way less
than individual one-way tickets for each. An alternative
is the {Venezia Unica} pass that,
for an additional fee, includes transportation and entrance to any number of
museums and attractions, AND Free Wi-Fi via the city-wide hot spots. Both
passes are available online or at various kiosks around town.
While in
Venice, we have also booked a half day walking tour with Nadia Danesin, whose
business name is Friend
in Venice, the same guide we used in NOWAT TOSCANA who was
wonderful.
The rest
we'll figure out on the fly.
Rather than
itemize each stops agenda including tours, etc., we'll save it for that stops
post.
{As usual, to save space in all posts, more in-depth details about whatever, is highlighted and can be had by Clicking the Blue Links in each post}
As
mentioned in the first post, this will be two back to
back {B2B} 7 day cruises from Venice on:
Royal
Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas
{most
European routes are on the older, smaller vessels - they save the Floating
Palaces for the more lucrative Caribbean routes]
ITINERARY
8-15
September
VENICE -
out 5PM
Argostoli {Kefalonia,
Largest Ionian island}
Sea Day
VENICE - in
7AM
15-22
September
VENICE -
out 5PM
SEA DAY
KATAKOLON {Olympia}
SANTORINI {Donkeys?!?}
SEA DAY
KOTOR [See
above}
SPLIT, CROATIA {Game of Thrones}
VENICE
- In 7AM
Depending
on the stop, and how many other ships are in port that day, if we have plenty
of time in port, we'll be booking private tours. Otherwise we'll book ship sponsored
excursions when we need to insure we won't miss the boat, particularly on the
stops where we anchor off-shore and TENDER in.
We've
already been warned that Santorini can be challenging, more on that later.
Keeping it
short for now, HE has to get on with checking the rest of the tour offerings in
Santorini and Split before the pre-cruise discounts dry up.
Hmmm, looks
like we didn’t get to the part about "What to Wear… where",
probably ‘cause she’s still working on it so that'll have to be another post,
maybe the Packing Ballet, after, of course, HE locates a “fill in” DSW
Outlet.
Hey, it's
after 5PM so you know what that means...
It's
Dewar's Time!!!
Ciao 4 Now
Uncle
Chuck &The already sorting wardrobe,
Dragon
Lady
GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHILE YOU'RE GONE!
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A FANTASTIC CONCEPT - WE ENDORSE THIS 100%.
YOU WILL SEE HOW MUCH THE VENETIANS INFLUENCED EVERYTHING THEY TOUCHED!
GREAT PLACES, GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT FOOD!
Y'all should be on this trip, it would be a hoot!
DeleteAs usual, I see you have researched and planned a lot! Hope there aren't too many snafus...Sounds like a great time. I am getting ready for September Panama Canal and Costa Rica amoung other ports...I am looking forward to your travel blog!!!!
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