Arrived in Venice

We got off the boat in Venice yesterday morning and began our adventure in Venice! And boy has it been an adventure, haha. We thought finding our hotel would be easy ..... So we walked around thinking we would stumble across it. Well, about an hour later and after asking a couple locals, we finally found it. We didn't realize how easy it is to get lost amoung the many tiny streets. But sure enough we found ourselves lost again later, and in the rain! We had a long walk of exploring and found ourselves dripping wet when got back to the hotel again. After a nice rest and getting warm again, we found a nice restaurant for dinner and enjoyed a long meal :). We learned you must have lots of patients in Venice!
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Last Day on the Boat

So today is our last day on the boat. We are heading back to Venice! Its been a relaxing day of sleeping in, laying out in the sun, a game of chess (on an over sized board and pieces, eating lots of food and now taking in a show. Its been a great trip!!!!
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Santorini, Greece

Stop number 3 on our cruise was Santorini. It looked pretty cool. Its a mountain with a bunch of houses and building at the very top. And we were in for a bit of a surprise on how to get up the mountain once we got there. Option one was take a cable car ride up - problem was there was an enormous line, next option was take donkey ride up a winding road, or three ... Walk up the winding road with steps! Guess what we choose? Walk up it! It was actually the quickest way. We noticed the donkeys were being stubborn for other riders, so we were glad we didn't do that one. The walk actually wasn't too bad. It was just really hot so that was the only sucky part! So once we got up there and got our barings straight, we snagged a taxi and went to the wine museum. It was underground museum that taught you about how they used to make wine a long long time ago. And also showed you old wine presses. It was cool but the manicans looked kinda creepy, haha. Then we went up stairs to the tasting room and tasted 3 different wines. It was nice because it was close to the end of there day so it wasn't busy at all. After that we headed back to the central part of town, bought some souvenirs and had a seat at an outdoor restaurant so we could watch the sun set. It was a beautiful view. Then we prepped ourselves for the walk back down the mountain. We originally wanted to go see some ancient ruins in the area but our dock times on the island were kinda strange 4:00pm to 11:00pm. So they were already closed. Oh well, guess we will have to go back to Santorini sometime! :)
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Mykonos, Greece

Wednesday we stopped in Mykonos. We kept it a pretty relaxing day and just walked around. We went to check out the windmills which was pretty neat. Along the water there was several outdoor restaurants so we sat at one of them and just took in the beautiful scenery. We had a great view of the ocean and of the windmills. I believe Mykonos is the smallest of the islands we stopped at, so there wasn't a lot of things to do. But we were ok with that. It was still beautiful and the water was the bluest water I've ever seen!
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Iraklion, Crete

Last stop on our cruise, Iraklion. This was the only stop that we choose to do a shore excursion through the boat. We did a Pottery and Vineyard tour. It was nice for our last stop to not have to worry or figure out what we wanted to do. And by doing this excursion, we got to go a little bit outside the town and see the beautiful rolling hills. Every inch of the hills are filled with olive trees and grape vines!!!.
When we got to the Pottery, we got to look around the owners workshop and we also got to watch him at work. He made two pots and boy does he make them fast! It was pretty amazing watching a blob of clay turn into a piece of art. Then from there they drove us to a winery where we watched an informational video and then got to taste some wines! And of course, being the clumsy girl that I am, I ended up spilling some red wine on myself!!!! Bummer!!!! Can't take me anywhere, haha. Once we were done there, we headed back to the boat. We didn't have a long time to spend on the island so the excursion was perfect- they got us back to the boat right on time! And now .... A day at sea to get us back to Venice!
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Our stop in Split, Croatia

Day 2 we stopped in Split. It was a beautiful sunny day! We got to enjoy a relaxing walk thru Diocletian's Palace. It is full of lots of shops but the architect was really beautiful.. We are still a little preoccupied with phone calls trying to figure out where our luggage it. We still don't have it. We might get it tomorrow-who knows. Good thing is I have a very smart wonderful boyfriend that bought travelers insurance, so we were at least able to buy some clothes and things we needed. After our little shopping spree, we got ready, made a reservation at a nice restaurant on the boat and headed to the casino to burn time until dinner time. Well little did we know, there was a time change at some point in the evening and completely missed dinner! We have had some interesting little snags but we are still enjoying ourselves and loving our time together. So now we are off to bed for some rest so we can be ready to see Corfu tomorrow!
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Corfu, Greece

Today was another beautiful day! We stopped in Corfu and rented a little car so we could do some sightseeing. We originally thought about renting a moped but decided renting a little car would probaby be safer. Boy was that a good idea!!! Crazy drivers, flying down some of the tiniest little roads I've ever seen. I think I may have been holding my breath for most of the car ride, haha. Anyways, we made it to the museum of Achillion Palace. It was beautiful! Then right across the street I saw a sign for distillery tasting :) so went into this shop and we got to taste some liquors very popular in Greece. From there we drove around the island for a bit, then dumped the car off. We walked to Old Town Corfu and wandered thru the shops. We finally got tuckered out and went back to our boat to have a wonderful surprise in our room. OUR LUGGAGE!!!! We were so excited!!!! We did a little happy dance and then threw our bathing suites on and headed for the pool! Nap time is taking place right now, well for Noah at least (this man can sleep forever, haha). Tonight we are trying to catch the dinner reservation we missed out on yesterday because our clock was way off! Can't for dinner. Going to be so yummy!
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Taking Off for Our Mediterranean Cruise

Yesterday May 7th, me and Noah took off on 1 of 3 of our fights that is to get us Venice, Italy. (Venice is where our cruise ship is docked). We managed to hit a few little snags along the way. Our flight out of Seattle to Paris was delayed an additional 2 hours (we were in Seattle for a good 5 hours). So because of our delay, we had to find another flight to Venice. Basically we ended up in Venice .... But our luggage didn't! Big bummer on that one! :( Our first stop on our cruise is Split, Croatia. We are hoping they will be bringing our luggage to the Split port. So cross your fingers for us! And in the mean time we are enjoying our quaint room and all the food our little heart desire! :)
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