You could put your verification ID in a comment Or, in its own meta tag

Port Days in Turkey

Day 38: Kusadasi, Turkey Saying goodbye to the ms Prinsendam

June 11, 2007

After spending 38 days on the Prinsendam, it is hard to depart tomorrow. We spent much of the day packing and much of the evening reminiscing with our tablemates and the cruise staff. We visited Kusadasi last year on the Noordam. On this visit, the ship unexpectedly stayed in port two days, allowing us to [...]

Read the full article →

Day 37: The Bosporus and the Dardanelles

June 10, 2007

Around 7 am this morning the Prinsendam entered the Bosporus Strait that separates Asia and Europe through Istanbul, and connects the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea. We got up on the top deck to enjoy the view, take photos, and hear the port lecturer’s commentary.  After seeing Istanbul’s monuments on the tour six days [...]

Read the full article →

Day 31: Istanbul, Turkey

June 4, 2007

The Prinsendam was scheduled for an extended stay in Istanbul from 8 am Monday morning to 1 am the next day. Many guests interpreted this too mean that we were staying to full days in Istanbul; it actually meant we stayed all day and evening with “all onboard at 12:30 am” before sailing away with [...]

Read the full article →

Day 30: At sea between Katakolon, Greece and Istanbul

June 3, 2007

Today was a well-timed day at sea to rest up for Istanbul on Monday! There were several new interesting additions to the usual shipboard activities, starting with a 10 am coffee chat with Captain Chris Turner and Cruise Director Trevor Millar. The captain talked about his background then took questions about the ship. Regarding the [...]

Read the full article →