Sunday, 4 October 2015
İzmİr, Turkey
Our first O cruise is now under our belt. In short, we loved the whole experience.
What’s not to like, really? A small ship by today’s mega-vessel standards … only 684 passengers; a lovely aft cabin … beautifully appointed and with an oversized veranda; quiet public spaces … no raucous activities; great food … no-fee specialty restaurants as an added bonus; well-traveled fellow passengers; and an excellent itinerary … good mix of easy-to-DIY ports … some familiar, some new. If there was one thing we didn’t like, it was the length of the cruise … just 12 nights! We’re used to being at sea for longer periods and didn’t want to disembark the ship in İstanbul this morning.
Not that we had any doubts we would enjoy this cruise, but it is nice to have our decision to cruise with Oceania validated.
So what’s next? We still have two segments of our fall Europe travels ahead of us. For this next segment, however, Mui and I have parted ways. I am currently at my mom’s condo in Alsancak, İzmir … the same one where I spent most of my teenage and a few of my young-adult years. Mui is in Ankara to spend time with his family. We will eventually rejoin forces and head to Barcelona, Spain where we will embark the Transatlantic voyage that will return us to Houston.
But the story of our Europe travels is for my Two to Travel blog … if I ever get around to writing it, that is. So, as we say in Turkish, güle güle [bye] for now … I’ll catch up with this blog once we are back home.
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