Travels with John and Janice

Dateline: June 27, 2016 – Athens

updated on October 14, 2022July 14, 2016By John and Janice

We landed in Athens from Rome and took the metro to the Athens Gate Hotel. The hotel was in a perfect location just below the Acropolis and across the street from the Zeus Temple. We spent the first day walking around the town and finding a place for dinner. We located a small r...

updated on October 30, 2022June 30, 2016By John and Janice

Dateline: June 30, 2016 - Istanbul

Our last stop was Istanbul, Turkey. This was the original final stop of the cruise, so when it was changed, for security threats, we already had our airline reservations from Istanbul, not Rome. We arrived at the Istanbul SAW airport around 2:30 and were met ...

Dateline June 16, 2016 – Greek Isles on Oceania Sirena

updated on October 26, 2022June 29, 2016By John and Janice

Oceania Cruise, On-board Sirena

We arrived at the port to check in for our cruise only to be handed a memo that said, "Egypt stops canceled." We were taking the cruise to see both Egypt and Israel; the rest was of little interest. Our disappointment was extremely high!

We decided to...

Dateline June 17, 2016 – Israel

updated on October 30, 2022June 21, 2016By John and Janice

Nazareth

We arrived in Haifa, Israel, early on Friday, June 17th, for a three-day stay. We had previously, when we were only going to be in Israel for two days, made arrangements for a driver for Saturday and Sunday. That left us with no plans for Friday. After much discussion, we decided we...

Dateline June 25, 2016 End of Oceania Cruise

updated on October 16, 2022June 26, 1968By John and Janice

Taormina Sicily

After a day at sea, it was time to head ashore, Sicily was a place we had always wanted to visit. We headed off with Gordon and Karen to walk around the streets. We passed many beautiful shops and passed the narrowest street in the world (or at least Italy) called Vicolo ...