The Planning Continues...

One of our stops on this cruise will be at Ephesus, in Turkey. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The temple of Artemis, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world was found here. Now, Ephesus is the site of some of the best preserved Greek and Roman ruins in the world. The Apostle Paul preached here, in a theatre that still exists.

We are taking a tour with EKOL Tours - should be an incredibly interesting day.

Athens in a Day

I've set up our first port excursion - woo hoo! It looks like we will be able to use the services of a very experienced guide in Athens. Nikos Loukas of "Private Greek Tours" will be driving us around and showing us the sights during our brief 8 hour stopover in Athens. I found out about Nikos through Cruise Critic, which is a great resource for anything you want to know about cruising. Of course, 8 hours in one of the world's most historic cities will barely scratch the surface. Who knows, maybe we'll like it and come back some day...

Cruise Itinerary

Here is the itinerary for the trip... we leave from Venice on August 23 and return to Venice September 4th.

Starting the Blog

This is the first entry in the Hughes Family Mediterranean Cruise blog. In this blog we will document the planning for this 'trip of a lifetime' and we will blog from the ship as we sail the Mediterranean Sea starting August 23, 2009.