Category Archives: Excursions

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Posted on September 20, 2015 by patmathews

September 20 We arrived early this morning and again, we are the first cruise ship this season – and the Queen Elizabeth 2 arrived as well. It is change over day – a new cruise segment begins – so always … Continue reading →

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Posted on September 20, 2015 by patmathews

September 19 What an awesome day we had!  First when we got off the ship, we found out that we are the first cruise ship to arrive here this season – it is just the beginning of the season for … Continue reading →

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Muscat, Oman

Posted on September 17, 2015 by patmathews

September 17 Today we did a tour called Mystical Muscat, recommended by one of the destination staff, Nancy, who lived here for 6 months. Our guide was Abraham and he spoke almost perfect English.  They take English from first grade … Continue reading →

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Salalah, Oman

Posted on September 15, 2015 by patmathews

September 15 We reached the port of Salalah safely, at times we saw Navy ships (couldn’t see their flags) sailing along with us. As we were waiting to go on our excursion, the destination staff set our expectations a bit … Continue reading →

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Aqaba, Jordan (Excursion to Petra)

Posted on September 11, 2015 by patmathews

September 10 Early this morning we arrived at the port of Aqaba on the shores of the Red Sea.  This city is at Jordan’s southernmost tip and is transforming into a luxury vacation destination.  It is known as the second … Continue reading →

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Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel

Posted on September 7, 2015 by patmathews

September 6 and 7 We arrived very early on Sunday to the port of Haifa and we had a full day excursion to Jerusalem planned.  As I mentioned in a previous post, ours had been canceled and we added the … Continue reading →

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Limassol, Cyprus

Posted on September 5, 2015 by patmathews

September 5 We arrived in Limassol, the main port of Cyprus, around 12 noon today and left on our excursion to Khirokitia and Nicosia at 12:15.  It is very hot here and reached 100 in Nicosia. First we went to … Continue reading →

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Rhodes, Greece

Posted on September 4, 2015 by patmathews

September 4 We arrived in Rhodes, Greece this morning and went on an excursion to the ancient town of Lindos. Along the way we heard about Colossus, one of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world (5 were Greek … Continue reading →

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Taormina (Sicily) Italy

Posted on September 1, 2015 by patmathews

September 1 How did it get to be September already?? Today we sailed into the port of Naxos, Sicily and we planned an excursion to Taormina. The view from the harbor is amazing. We took a tender in as there … Continue reading →

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Civitavecchia, Italy (excursion to Rome)

Posted on August 31, 2015 by patmathews

August 30 First, here are the pictures of my retail therapy purchases from the last couple of days that wouldn’t load yesterday! And here’s that huge bruschetta that we enjoyed for lunch. Another early start – we went from the … Continue reading →

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