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Our Greek Adventure

October 2010

In October of this year we will begin our next trip, to Greece, Turkey and Italy.

We fly to Athens on October 12th for two nightrs in the city.  Then we will board the M/S Aegean Lady, a 120 foot motor sailer for a 7 night cruise of the Cyclades Islands.  The Agean Lady carries only 25 passengers so our group will constitute a large part of those on board.

Following our Greek Islands cruise we fly to Istanbul for three nights to see the historic sights of the city.

Then we fly to Rome, where we will spend another three nights.  From Rome we go by train to Assisi for one night, then on by train to Venice for our final night in Italy.  On October 30 we board the Norwegian Gem for a 14 night transatlantic cruise to New York.

We intend to spend a couple of nights in New York (to decompress from the cruise) for a little sightseeing and a Broadway play.  Monday (November 15) we fly back to San Diego.

Our trip calendar and a detailed itinerary with links to hotels etc. follows:

Greek Adventure Itinerary

Date        Day
10/12    Tuesday                        Depart San Diego British Midlands (United) LV 11:15 am
10/13    Wednesday afternoon     Arrive Athens        ARR Athens 6:30 pm Wednesday
10/13    Wednesday night            Hotel Attalos        www.attaloshotel.com
10/14    Thursday night                Hotel Attalos   
10/15    Friday morning               Board Aegean Lady
10/15    Cruise to Sifnos              www.gicc.net/7DayDiscoveryNew/
10/16    Saturday                        Sifnos - Ios
10/17    Sunday                          Ios -Santorini
10/18    Monday                         Santorini – Antiparos- Paros
10/19    Tuesday                         Paros - Naxos
10/20    Wednesday                    Naxos - Myconos
10/21    Thursday                        Myconos / Delos/ Tinos
10/22    Friday Morning                Tinos - Lavrion        Aegean Lady returns to Athens
10/22    Friday afternoon              Fly to Istanbul        Aegean Airlines FLT 970 LV 2pm ARR 3:15pm
10/22    Friday night                     Hotel Stone            http://www.hotelstoneistanbul.com/
10/23    Saturday night                 Hotel Stone
10/24    Sunday night                   Hotel Stone
10/25    Monday morning             Fly to Rome        Aegean Airlines FLT 971/652 LV 4pm ARR 7:35pm
10/25    Monday night                  Hotel Montreal    www.hotelmontrealroma.it
10/26    Tuesday night                 Hotel Montreal
10/27    Wednesday night            Hotel Montreal
10/28    Thursday morning           Train to Assisi/Perugia
10/28    Thursday night                Hotel La Pallotta    www.pallottaassisi.it
10/29    Friday morning                Train to Venice via Florence
10/29    Friday night                     Hotel Riva    www.hotelriva.it
10/30    Saturday afternoon          Board Norwegian Gem
10/31    Sunday                           At Sea
11/1      Monday                          At Sea
11/2      Tuesday                         At Sea
11/3      Wednesday                    In port - Malaga, Spain    7am - 5pm
11/4      Thursday                        In port - Cadiz, Spain       8am - 1pm
11/5      Friday                            In Port - Lisbon, Portugal  9am - 5pm
11/6      Saturday                        At Sea
11/7      Sunday                           In port - Ponta Delgada, Azores    10am - 5pm
11/8      Monday                          At Sea
11/9      Tuesday                         At Sea
11/10    Wednesday                    At Sea
11/11    Thursday                        At Sea
11/12    Friday                            At Sea
11/13    Saturday morning            Arrive New York
11/13    Saturday night                Hotel    To be determined    www.hotwire.com
11/13    Saturday night                Broadway Play    To be determined    www.nytix.com
11/14    Sunday night                  Hotel    To be determined
11/15    Monday afternoon          Fly to San Diego    Frontier Airlines, LV 11:30 am ARR 7:29 pm

Here are some pictures of the places we will be staying:

M/S Aegean Lady

Hotel Attalos, Athens

Hotel Stone, Istanbul

Hotel Montreal, Rome

Hotel La Pallotta, Assisi

Hotel Riva, Venice

Norwegian Gem