Rare Gilly Posted November 4, 2021 #1 Share Posted November 4, 2021 We're on board Splendor right now, having snapped up Regent's generous offer of a 7 day Athens round trip at short notice. I'll be blogging each day as usual, if you're interested. www.elegantsufficency.org. So far so good to be back!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORTOM Posted November 4, 2021 #2 Share Posted November 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, Gilly said: We're on board Splendor right now, having snapped up Regent's generous offer of a 7 day Athens round trip at short notice. I'll be blogging each day as usual, if you're interested. www.elegantsufficency.org. So far so good to be back!! We are definitely interested and looking forward to your reports. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkle lover Posted November 4, 2021 #3 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Will be following your trip. Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladys Mom Posted November 4, 2021 #4 Share Posted November 4, 2021 We will be excited to follow your trip. We will physically follow you onto the Splendor next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liptastic Posted November 5, 2021 #5 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Gilly looking forward to reading your blog. Have a fabulous cruise, Jean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 5, 2021 Author #6 Share Posted November 5, 2021 @Ladys Mom our transfer in Athens was not a great experience and I can only hope yours will be better. Be aware that it takes around an hour from Athens city to Piraeus, that once you arrive at the port there will be another CV testing procedure to go through and it all takes time. My advice would be to make sure to visit the bathroom in the baggage claim area and have plenty of water in your bag! Of course, once on board all such discomforts are forgotten, but at the time, it gets a little stressy 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 5, 2021 Author #7 Share Posted November 5, 2021 @liptastic whilst we were waiting at LHR, a couple were chatting nearby with a Scots accent and I'll admit to looking closely at them and even wondered about whispering "Jean?" 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liptastic Posted November 5, 2021 #8 Share Posted November 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, Gilly said: @liptastic whilst we were waiting at LHR, a couple were chatting nearby with a Scots accent and I'll admit to looking closely at them and even wondered about whispering "Jean?" 🤣 Awe Gilly that’s so funny . If only it had been us 😀 . We have to wait until next April . It’s making a difference to read the live updates now . Enjoy your cruise abs thanks for keeping us all updated . Jean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleally Posted November 5, 2021 #9 Share Posted November 5, 2021 19 hours ago, Gilly said: We're on board Splendor right now, having snapped up Regent's generous offer of a 7 day Athens round trip at short notice. I'll be blogging each day as usual, if you're interested. www.elegantsufficency.org. So far so good to be back!! Glad I swung by the Regent boards to see if anything was happening 💜! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 5, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted November 5, 2021 @purpleally we met some people from Michigan today and we said how we think its a well kept secret! Thought of you, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare maryogreen Posted November 6, 2021 #11 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Gilly, So happy you are back in the traveling world again! I look forward to following your posts here as well as on your blog. Have a safe and wonderful voyage! Mary Travel Blog: https://www.themodernpostcard.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 6, 2021 Author #12 Share Posted November 6, 2021 We're in Istanbul today, where sadly it's very foggy so no boat services are running. We had chosen one of the new Go Local tours, walking in a couple of the neighbourhoods with a stop for tea this morning and then for lunch a little later. Really great tour with n excellent guide making use of the Regent Smartphone app which worked beautifully. I asked them to save some Baklava for you xx 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 7, 2021 Author #13 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Some stats from the Seven Seas Society cocktail party, which I know you will be waiting for 🤣 410 on board (we think) 165 repeat guests 76 silver 35 gold 18 platinum 8 titanium Another lovely evening with cocktails in the Meridian Lounge (we are working our way through the long list!) and then dinner in Chartreuse followed by David Nevin's one man show which was excellent. Our main observation is that a seven day cruise is way too short!! (but then we all knew that, didn't we?) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishwitchy Posted November 7, 2021 #14 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Great to be able to read not one, but two blogs this week! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 8, 2021 Author #15 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Splendor was looking magnificent as we returned on board late this afternoon in Kusadasi. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UUNetBill Posted November 8, 2021 #16 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 7:49 AM, Gilly said: Ya gotta love the 'mask-under-the-nose' look... 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 8, 2021 Author #17 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Better than no mask at all....but yes, absolutely!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982CruzStart Posted November 8, 2021 #18 Share Posted November 8, 2021 thank you for taking the time to bring us along with you. Have a great cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmcdaniel Posted November 9, 2021 #19 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Not to hijack @Gilly’s thread, but we are on the same cruise. Just learned this morning that due to an impending tug-boat strike in Piraeus we will miss our last two ports as we head back to Piraeus to get docked before the strike. A sea day on the most luxurious ship on the ocean isn’t a big problem for us but we feel for those who will miss Rhodes and Santorini. The ship is great and we are still having a fantastic time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 9, 2021 Author #20 Share Posted November 9, 2021 @Jimmcdaniel we feel a little responsible 😉 After several long days out, we muttered last night how lovely it would be to have a sea day...but we didn't really think that anyone was listening! Like you, we are happy enough to spend time on the ship. We'd rather have spent the day in Santorini rather than Athens tomorrow but hey, we really have no cause to complain! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 10, 2021 Author #21 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Here we are in Athens and we've had a fabulous tour: Acropolis, Acropolis Museum and the Plaka - 7 hours including lunch. The day was crystal clear but with the most incredible wind - I am no featherweight and yet at times I thought I was about the be blown off the Acropolis! Sadly, it's now time to pack. I continue to write my blog but the usual internet probs and the demands of a social life ( 🤣 ) mean it might go on for quite some time! One thing is for sure, a seven day cruise is far too short!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare boblerm Posted November 11, 2021 #22 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Gilly, thank you for posting here and on your blog, very enjoyable. I wish you safe travels home and look forward to reading of your adventures for many years to come! Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 12, 2021 Author #23 Share Posted November 12, 2021 @boblerm thank you for your kind words! Not quite finished with the blog yet - as usual the combination of internet speed and a social life on board, not to mention an itinerary with no (planned) sea days means I can't keep up! We are now safe home - about to go off again (whose crazy idea was it to fill our calendar with so much fun?!) and I'll continue my cruise blog entries for a few days yet, if you'd like to read on to the end of the story. I must say that any doubts about cruising in these weird times have been put firmly away, there is no doubt that Regent are on tip top form and I can't wait for our next cruise (and the next one, and the one after that and the one after the one after that.....) We had a marvellous week! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelwell Posted November 12, 2021 #24 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Gilly, Thanks for your blog. My parents, sister and her husband are on the Splendor Trans-Atlantic. It is their first vacation in years just by themselves. It is also their first Regent cruise. We have so appreciated your input. I encouraged this cruise and the only negative is a bit of envy offset by dreams of the Mariner in March. I hope you can get a bit of rest prior to your next adventure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gilly Posted November 12, 2021 Author #25 Share Posted November 12, 2021 @travelwell please do reassure your family that Regent have the situation very well in hand and they need have no worries. People are very respectful of space, we almost always had the elevators to ourselves (having a far less than full ship helps in that respect) and we never felt crowded or vulnerable. I hope that, like us, they will be able to relax and enjoy the amazing experience! I share your envy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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