WYMLA-Italy and Greece 2023

15/06/2023

Day 11- I can’t believe this is our last day. We arrived in Turkey and after a 2 hr ride we arrived at Ephesus. Had a great tour. Then went and watched a Turkish carpet weaving and had Turkish pizza and Apple tea. Then we stopped to try Turkish delights and the freshest peaches I’ve ever had! Back on cruise. Dinner and maybe karaoke tonight. We will disembark around 8 in the morning for our trek back home!

14/06/2023

Day 9- Santorini afternoon… I guess I forgot to post once we got back. We were all irritable and exhausted! Santorini was beautiful just as we expected, but the boys are done with walking up the steep inclines each day. (So am I!!!) They dropped us off “almost at the top” and after 20 minutes straight up incline we made it. We had tickets to ride the cable car back down the mountain… apparently all the cruise ships left off at the same time and had the same plan… TWO hours later we arrived at the bottom. can’t wait to rest tomorrow!!
Oh and Shane, Caleb and Oliver had me listening to karaoke til midnight!!

14/06/2023

Day 10… not much to tell about today! We had a day of resting on the cruise ship. None of us wanted to walk an hour to the beach. So most of the boys slept in. We met up for lunch around 1:00. Some of us laid out at the pool, read and enjoyed the day. Some hung out in their rooms! Tomorrow we hit Turkey, where we will have NO service.

12/06/2023

Mykonos Island night tour, first two meals on the ship, exploring our rooms and the ship…

12/06/2023

We are docked at the Mykonos Island. The boys should be able to text and call! It will be short but they are good!

11/06/2023

Last day in Athens, early start with 3 hr trip to Delphi. Stopped for a great lunch at a family run grove and diner. Two hour climb up to top of Delphi and museum, then 3 hr ride back to hotel. Dinner at hotel and packing up. Early night! Tomorrow we head to our cruise ship!!

11/06/2023

Parents, just wanted to let y’all know that when we get on the cruise tomorrow, myself and the boys will only be given 1 free hour of data for all 4 days. When we get to each island on excursions, they may be able to text then. I’ll try to remind them when we get to each place.

10/06/2023

Some cute videos of Greek dancing..

10/06/2023

10/06/2023

Our day 6 is still going at 10:15pm. Slept in a little, then site seeing which included the Acropolis Museum and the trek up to the Acropolis. Free time for shopping and lunch. Some great ice cream and then our Greek dinner and dancing!! Do you recognize some of these dancers??

09/06/2023

Day 5… short and sweet! Woke up way too early, off to airport, a very tiny, very full plane to Athens. Hour drive to our hotel but it’s beautiful! First thing we did was go to pool and grab some lunch at the cafe. Changed and headed back to center city Athens, for site seeing and dinner! Mousska and Greek Salad for dinner! Great first day in Greece.

09/06/2023

Got to hotel and hit the pool for a quick lunch and a little break before heading to Center City of Athens for dinner tonight!

09/06/2023

We have made it to Athens, Greece and are headed to our hotel.

08/06/2023

What day are we on??? I don’t know anymore! Oh this is dinner time on day 4, our last night in Italy. Today we left early and had a 3.5/4 hr bus ride to Naples, Italy to see Pompeii! So far my favorite by far. Then had a great lunch where most of us got fresh margarita, neopolitan, or speciality pizza! Bus ride back of more naps and Italian music. Packing up and dinner at 7:00. We have to leave here at 5:30am to catch our flight in the morning to Greece! We are sore but have enjoyed this first leg of our trip!

07/06/2023

Day 3 has worn us out! Left hotel at like 10am and didn’t get back til 9:00pm.
We went through a very very packed Vatican City. It’s Wednesday so the Pope was there and had done his weekly blessings. Then walked to the top and around the colosseum.. finished up at the Roman Forman. Took the bus to the Pantheon and finally dinner at 7:30. We also celebrated our birthday boy! Tomorrow is Pompeii!!

06/06/2023

Day 2 is quickly coming to an end! We arrived around 10:30 our new time (5:30 am) for y’all. Not sure many of us slept well in the turbulent second flight but we arrived in one piece! Dropped luggage off, refreshed and headed into center city of Rome! Walked down the Spanish stairs and walked to the Travi Fountain! Both breath taking, shopped a little and had dinner at our first authentic homemade pasta and some got fresh pizza! Back at our hotel, which by the way use to be a nunnery and all boys are already in pjs. Lol

06/06/2023

We have landed in Italy!! It’s 9:00am here!!

05/06/2023

Here we begin… Almost time to board!

02/06/2023

3 days and counting!!! Guess I should start packing!