All things GREECE and TURKEY port excursions

[Yensidfan]

subscribing

 

[bellelinus]

This is a helpful (and really beautiful) post of how to do Mykonos on your own:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1749395

 

[nzdisneymom]

This is a helpful (and really beautiful) post of how to do Mykonos on your own:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1749395

Ah yes - I saw that the other day - he has several other posts from other ports as well. We are planning to do Mykonos on our own, so it was nice to see a bit more of where we'll be. I do want to see the windmills.

 

[ejw]

The penny currently costs more to make than it is worth! Basically they aren't making any more but they will be accepted as currency while still in circulation. Electronic funds will still be to the nearest cent, but cash funds will now be rounded to the nearest nickel (at least I think that is how it will work). This is similar to a lot of places in Europe when I lived there (before the Euro).

Our bigger issue right now is they made the $20 and $50 bills out of a polymer blend, to make them more durable and harder to counterfeit. Problem is no machines can accept them!!!

Hi canadakath, thanks for the explanation.

We're actually going to be in Ottawa a couple of weeks from now for winterlude. Looking forward to skating on the canal and eating poutine and beaver tails. Keeping our fingers crossed that it stays cold enough.

ellen

 

[MoonDaughter23]

Just subscribed. What an awesome thread! And having debsters41's inside scoop is invaluable.

 

[tufbuf]

For Athens, I am thinking about doing the Acropolis/other Athens highlights first thing, then a drive out to Corinth. I have found a few private tour companies, recommended on cruisecritic, who advertise this.

Anyone here ever been to Corinth? Do you think it would be overload? (Kids are older teens, who do like history/ruins.)

We did a half day tour of Corinth last summer. We did the ABD Greece tour and went to Corinth on our own before the actual tour started. Greece is loaded with ruins! Corinth is a small area and they have a small museum with interesting clay pots from thousands of years ago plus huge marble statues. You might pass by the Corinth Canal which is a narrow passage connecting the Saronic Gulf and Gulf of Corinth which was started by Nero. It was completed in the late 1800s though.

I think a trip to Corinth is more doable than Cape Sounion which is farther south. Traffic can delay your return to the ship. Piraeus is about an hour's drive to Athens, with traffic and Corinth is not far from Piraeus.

 

[nzdisneymom]

For those that have already booked Athens and Ephesus excursions, could you post the times for them? We are booking on Friday night and I'm impatient

 

[nzdisneymom]

We will be doing the Acropolis and Archaeological Museum tour in Athens, and the Ephesus, Didyma and Miletus tour for Ephesus. We'll be sure to post reviews when we return.