Adriatic Cruise: Dubrovnik, Crotia

We decided to take the shuttle bus into the old town and do out own thing today.

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I was surprised at the architecture and landscape of the area. It looked more Italian than Bari! No beaches and steep cliffs around the town.

We walked up to the cable car station and took a ride to the top of the hill above the old town. The cooler temperature was very welcome. On the way up the many steps to the cable car Jean was in a bad way. Looking very red!!!

Back down for an ice cream. Earlier we had stopped at a cafe which the tour guides used,  a good recommendation. Milk shake, cake and cappuccino in a cool alleyway recharged our batteries.

The full gallery of photos can be seen from the dedicated Special Events page "Adriatic Cruise 2011" at the top right of the blog.

Adriatic Cruise: Ravenna, Italy

Our first excursion to view the famous mosaics of Revenna.

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Had a guided tour of several churches in the town with walls covered in the finest mosaics. Many covered in gold leave.

Also passed by Dantes mausoleum.

We had plans to say in the town and have a walk round other sites. Again the heat put a stop to further exertions.

The full gallery of photos can be seen from the dedicated Special Events page "Adriatic Cruise 2011" at the top right of the blog.

Adriatic Cruise: Bari, Italy

The sail back to Italy meant the we did not arrive until 11am today. We spend the morning in a minor bout of sunbathing - but more than enough for us in +30C heat.

Like the most of the Mediterranean lunch is a 2 hour shutdown. The recommendation was to wait until 3pm to leave the ship. By that time the prospect of tramping around  another small town was not sounding a great idea. We retired to the Windjammer for an air conditioned lunch. Serious eating on the cruise had started!!!

We did book an excursion into Ravenna for the following day.

The full gallery of photos can be seen from the dedicated Special Events page "Adriatic Cruise 2011" at the top right of the blog.

Adriatic Cruise: Koper, Slovenia

An over night sail to Koper. A small town east of Venice. We were docked in the  harbour which was very near the town centre, just across a minor road.

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The town had arranged a small tourist market in the central square. It was not a large place and a gentle stroll got us back to the ship in the early afternoon.

The full gallery of photos can be seen from the dedicated Special Events page "Adriatic Cruise 2011" at the top right of the blog.

Cruising The Adriatic: Venice

Today our cruise started at Venice on The Voyage of the Seas.

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A long day starting with a 6am flight from Glasgow, check in 4:30. As it was a charter flight for Royal Caribbean there was no on-line check-in!

We were on board by lunch time. Just in time to experience an 'all you can eat' lunch in the Windjammer restaurant. Everyone was in the same position so the place was organised chaos as a ship load of passengers tried to find seating.

Spent the afternoon discovering what was on offer on the ship. We booked dinner for 6:30 so missed the sail out of Venice at 7pm.

The full gallery of photos can be seen from the dedicated Special Events page "Adriatic Cruise 2011" at the top right of the blog.