Whew...Benjamin and I finally made it back from a week long wonderful relaxing vacation!
Friday 16 April:
We had planned on flying out on the Friday April 16th, however, due to volcano ash in the sky our flight was cancelled and we had to immediately rethink how we were going to get to Italy for our cruise. We thought quickly and try to get a train from London to Paris and then Paris to Venice. Most of the trains were completely booked and the Eurostar was way too expensive. We decided we were going to have to drive - that's a cross-continent trip, 16 hours of driving time, 1000+ miles. If we wanted to go on our vacation, it was the only choice. We got a rental car and zoomed to Venice. We left around 2 pm on Friday and drove all the way until 5 am on Saturday. In all the hustle, we forget to mention that we needed an automatic car for the trip but it was too late, I had been roped in to driving a STICK SHIFT car. I can't drive a manual but I ended up driving, somehow, in the middle of France. It was horrible and I was so tense when I got done with my portion. I'm happy to say I only cried once! HAHA. Benjamin didn't want to stop driving until we got to Venice but we were extremely exhausted by 5 am. We ended up sleeping in the car for one hour in a Switzerland gas station parking lot. I've never slept in a car but I will say it was extremely comfortable or maybe I was too tired to notice.
The best part of driving was we got to see the beautiful Swiss Alps!
Saturday 17 April:
We got up at 6 am and started going again. We got through Switzerland and into Venice and were finally on the ship by 2 pm. We pretty much crashed as soon as we got to our room. We woke for dinner and everyone on the ship was buzzing about the change in schedule. The captain decided that we were going to stay docked on more day, skip Turkey and wait for passengers that weren't on the ship yet. This did not go over well with the passengers already on board - petitions were being sent around, people were complaining.
Sunday 18 April:
Benjamin and I thought we would be able to see more of Venice but we found out we were sailing. Thank goodness for those people for complained because that night the captain changed his mind and were began sailing towards Greece by 8 am! We spent this day on the ship, naps were in order as we were still trying to get back on track.
Monday 19 April:
We arrived at the island of Corfu, Greece at 9 am. Here are a few pictures at Corfu.
outlook from the Monastery
Benjamin with a statue of Achilles at the Achillion Palace
The Achillion Place was a summer house built in 1890 for Austria's Empress Elizabeth.
Outside the palace
In Corfu town
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