When you consider all of the places you can hop to from Athens, it seems kind of random to end up in Switzerland, doesn’t it? We could have gone to Santorini. I still dream of Santorini with a heavy heart and the memory of hot sun and high winds, of being so, so close, but Read more
In ten days onboard the Carnival Vista, the worst thing about the Vista was having to leave the Vista. I think we’ve been on, like, 20 cruises by now. This might have been lucky #20. Some are more distinct than others, but they all blend together sometimes. It never gets any easier to leave. I Read more
I’m not a morning person, and I’m really bad at waking up. It doesn’t really matter where I am or what the circumstances are. I’m awful at getting out of bed. But when I woke up, intense, bright sunshine streaming into our room, I couldn’t linger in bed for long. We had a big day Read more
We were already docked in Athens when I was waking up, and as much rest as I’d gotten over the previous two sea days, I still had trouble rubbing the sleep out of my eyes when the alarm went off. Our excursion didn’t meet super early (our call time on our tickets was 8:00 am), Read more
