FUN-photos: Trieste to Venice for Adriatic Cruise – October, 2013

November 11, 2013 by · Comments Off on FUN-photos: Trieste to Venice for Adriatic Cruise – October, 2013 

We arrived in Trieste on October 2nd and were warmly welcomed by Chris’ sister Cinzia. We spent three wonderful days with her and her family before taking the train to Venice to board the ship for our 10 day Adriatic Cruise on Seabourn. Our stops included Corfu, Katakolon, & Igoumenitsa, Greece – Brindisi, Italy – Kotor, Montenegro – Split & Ravinj, Croatia. The pictures are from the places we really enjoyed – Trieste, Venice, Kotor, Split & Ravinj

If you click on the first picture it will allow you to create a slide show. And it turns out they are in ascending order (in other words, the first is actually the last) So if you click the back arrow you will see them in order. Enjoy!


FUN-travel: Venice to Venice Seabourn Cruise – Day 3 – Corfu, Greece

October 10, 2013 by · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Venice to Venice Seabourn Cruise – Day 3 – Corfu, Greece 

Day 22 – Monday, October 7 – Seabourn Cruise Day 3 – Corfu, Greece – still very cloudy & windy mixed w/rain – mid 60’s

What I LIKE

  • 8:30 – wake up to UMR
  • 8:40 – room service hot cappuccino
  • 10:15 – breakfast
  • 11:00 – shuttle bus to Corfu city center

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  • 11:20 – arrive for walk thru streets & into old town area
  • took umbrella
  • nice long walk back to pier terminal
  • 1:30 – another nice lunch buffet – nice cheese selection, salads & hot options
  • you can order a # of items – days specials cooked to order
  • today seafood pasta is one option
  • 2:30 – room R & R
  • 5:15 – Sky bar deck 8 for Bailey’s & coffee (for mama)
  • 6:30 – folkloric dance outside deck 7
  • *7:00 – made reservations for Restaurant 2 on deck 7 (same as Veranda during the day)
  • Thai menu tonight – Popia Pad, egg roll w/lobster, mint & mango coulis – chicken & beef satay w/peanut sauce  – glass noodle salad w/lime coriander sauce, lemon grass shrimp w/green curry sauce – spicy beef stir fry w/green beens
  • have dinner w/another nice Brit couple – his favorite quote, “I only eat in restaurants where I can see my car,” said by Ferrari owner
  • 10:00 – finish & head down to see show on Deck 5 – staff members sing (pretty good)

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What I DON’T LIKE

  • internet costs $10.00 per hour
  • pretty choppy, rough seas in middle of night – keep waking up
  • starts to sprinkle (never thought it would be so rainy everywhere this time of year)
  • more graffiti!
  • ABF – another bloody fortress!
  • there are only 2 dinner options on ship
  • *you’re only aloud to eat here twice
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Old & New Fortress

FUN-fact – Corfu is an island in the Ionian Sea and was considered the entryway to Venice because of its location. It was controlled by Venice from 1402 before a bunch of countries went back and forth for control over a 500 year period.
More FF – The old city became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

More FF – Oktoberfest in Munich came to an end last night with 6.4 million people drinking 6.7 liter-sized steins of beer – more than twice the volume of an Olympic swimming pool.