We were quite excited for today as it was the day that we would begin our first cruise, from Istanbul to Rome. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a very frustrating day.
After a delicious breakfast at the independent restaurant which we could access directly from the hotel. The staff, one of whom was named Aphrodite, were really friendly and helpful.
Eleven months ago, at the beginning of July 2023, we booked back-to-back cruises, for May/June 2024, with Oceania Cruise Lines sailing from Istanbul to Rome and then Rome to Seville in Spain.
In November 2021, I wrote that we had rebooked our tour of the Waterways of Russia for June 2022. Well, what is said about ‘the best laid plans of mice and men’? They ‘often go awry’. (Robert Burns) He certainly knew a thing or two, even 140 years ago. Our…