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Greece requires a negative antigen 2 days prior, or negative PCR 3 days prior to cruising. Cruise left Rome Sept. 11. If I flew to Rome Sept. 7 I would have had to get tested in Italy and if I test positive quarantine at my expense in Italy for 14 days. So I moved the flight so I could test at local CVS to avoid quarantine.
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Various shots of things around the ship. Bonsai has been empty most of its' open hours, it seems. The violin trio is very good. They captured my attention playing atop the atrium bar and I was mesmerized with some of their playing, enjoyed all of it. I haven't seen a comedy show yet because the casino has been unusually giving so far. I have little doubt things will change.
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It is a Premier sailing, but it seems there are more non-Premier than Premier in the casino, at least at my table. That said, I think half the people I asked said this is a free cruise but not Premier for them, just like me. The casino is moderately busy. Closed at 230am last night and still open now at 215am.
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I didn't do my research on Mykonos restaurants ahead of time so I plopped down at the first place I saw with TripAdvisor Award signs. Usually TripAdvisor steers me straight, not this time. I had a very weak cappuccino (maybe cappuccinos in Greece are supposed to be weaker than Italy and US?) and a smoked salmon and avocado sandwich that lacked anything. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't good. You know, like MDR. It's called Kazarma and I don't recommend it. Middle of this pic with the charmer in the white top luring you to the mediocrity. About 50 yards after you get off the tender.
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For this cruise I'm following some highly rated walking tours in Mykonos, Santorini. Just meandering around town in Ephesus (will visit the grand bazaar). I have excursions in Athens (Acropolis, etc), Olympia (ruins and museum), Sicily (Mt. Etna and Taormina) and Napoli (Pompeii guided tour and Positano). This will be my third time to Pompeii it's just amazing to see a well-preserved Roman city as it was in 79AD, when it was buried by soft ash instead of lava from Vesuvius' eruption.