voyager-sue

Hi,

I posted a new thread to pick up people starting in Malaga...

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=46382666#post46382666

Hi,

We're Ed and Sue. We're hoping to meet a few other fellow passengers on our transatlantic cruise. We've sailed the Star Clipper line on a couple of long journeys -- Athens to India in 2008, and Tahiti to Panama in 2010. We love the ship and we love the people.

See you in October!

I guess this is the same trip we are on. We're starting 10/31 from Malaga, sailing to St. Maarten. Are you boarding at Las Palmas? That's on our itinerary for 11/7.

We've sailed the Star Clipper and Star Flyer from Athens to India, and from Tahiti to Panama. We started with a short Caribbean trip on 2009.

Hope to see you on board. We're Ed and Sue...

We stopped in Volos for a day on our cruise (11/2014) and hired a taxi (volosviptaxi.gr) for a full day trip to Meteora. First, I have to say, Meteora is one of the most fantastic sites in the world.

We ended up sharing the trip with a Scottish couple we met in CC. Our driver was Konstantinos Skalimis. He spoke excellent English. In addition he was the most courteous, thoughtful person you could ever have as a guide.

It wasn't raining, so we didn't take umbrellas. But a surprise rainstorm hit and the driver had umbrellas for us. We stopped at a place that sold icons for a bio break. The place also had wine tasting and "Greek Delight" samples. BUT, they didn't sell any of it. It was just for free.

The rain cleared the air and brought out all the colors of Meteora. He took us to 3 or 4 monasteries. We had as much time as we wanted, plus he pulled off at several places for photos. Of course we wanted pictures of ourselves, so he took the pictures and sent them to our phones.

There was very little traffic, so he stopped on the road and showed us caves people had lived in. We could see the spiral staircase (more like a ladder) inside one cave. We ended at (I think) the Panorama Cafe for lunch (lunch not included). It did indeed have a panoramic view, though it was too cold to eat outside.

Both we and the other couple were exquisitely happy. The total bill was €200, just €50 per person + tip.