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Kotor - Saint Thryphon Cathedral

Kotor

Time to change country and pay a visit to a charming city located in one of Montenegro’s most beautiful bays, Kotor. It's totally worth waking up early in the morning while entering the bay and soaking up the spectacular scenery in front of you.

Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, this village still conserves a good number of …
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Corfu - Cliffside Waterfront Recreation Area

Corfu

A half-day navigation led us to the most popular city in the Ionian islands, Corfu.

Corfu has been prized for its natural beauty and for its strategic position as access to the Adriatic Sea. The Venetian influence is again very strong here and appears in a graceful blend with Greco-Byzantine architecture.

According to the legend, Odysseus landed …
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Methoni Castle

Pylos

Our last stop before reaching Athens was at Pylos, featuring a picturesque port that looks out onto the Navarino Bay. A big highlight here is the Palace of Nestor, dating from the 13th century B.C., globally recognized as the best-preserved Mycenaean palace in Greece.

Guests could then decide whether to visit the Niokastro Castle or the Methoni …
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Corfu

Introduction

As a very active traveler, whenever I plan my next adventures, I make sure to keep my days busy with explorative tours and activities. I absolutely loved my expedition cruises to Antarctica and the Galapagos Islands, which totally served the purpose of “making it exciting” and interesting.

Coming from this school, I used to look at …
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Le Jacques Cartier - Onboard Inclusions

Cruising aboard Le Jacques Cartier

Ponant played a big role in making this a solid 5-star life experience.

This luxury cruise operator offers a vast spectrum of beautiful itineraries in multiple areas of the world, from Europe to Antarctica.

Le Jacques Cartier is one of the newest boats of the Ponant collection, with a passenger capacity of 180, setting sail for the first time in …
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Gondola in Venice

Embarkation Day

Once aboard Le Jacques Cartier, we were immediately greeted by a smiley crew and staff who helped us get settled in our beautiful cabins. A welcome drink was also waiting for us at the main lounge.

After a mandatory Life on board briefing, followed by a lifeboat drill, we were informed that dinner would be served between 7 PM and 8:30 PM at the …
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Beautiful Rovinj

Rovinj

After a delicious buffet breakfast, our day started with exploring our first destination: Rovinj.

Rovinj is located in Istria, at the border with Slovenia. This pretty little town is a real gem made of cobblestone streets that lead to bustling squares and terraces often shaded by canvas awnings. Being Italian, I found it extremely fascinating to …
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Dubrovnik - Bokar Fort

Dubrovnik

Known as one of the world's finest and most perfectly preserved medieval cities in the world, the beautiful ancient city of Dubrovnik brings you back to old times.

The city offers refined restaurants with great examples of Croatian culinary traditions, hidden between its charismatic narrow cobblestone streets.

If you manage to spare a couple …
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One more cheers with our Big Beers

Come for the Beauty, Stay for the Food

A question that kept coming up for me and my mother when we were initially planning this trip was, “What is Croatian food like? What could we expect from the cuisine?" Early Google searches indicated that along the coast, we could expect to get a lot of seafood. Other than that, I was at a loss. It is true, though, that seafood – …
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Our ship, Mama Marija

The Small Ship Advantage

You’ve decided you want to cruise along the coast of Croatia. Great! But there are a lot of options out there to sift through. It might not be the first question but definitely an important question you will want to ask yourself – do you want to sail by large or small ship?

Cruise ships come in a variety of sizes – the largest …
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The promenade in Hvar

So You Want to Go to Croatia?

The Adriatic coast has been growing in popularity for travelers of all kinds over the past few years. Long thought to be a party destination for the young and hip, islands off the coast of Croatia offer more than just late-night discos (although you certainly can still find these bars if you want!). Croatia is a diverse country, and cruising along …
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Popeye Village (original film set of movie Popeye), Malta

Movie Magic

Today ended up being a step back in movie history. It was very very hot in Malta! After the first day of wandering ruin sites in sweltering temperatures, I knew I needed to be in the water at least sometime on this trip and started searching for options.

We are in Gozo, Malta and I arranged a local water based outfitter to take us out. They met …
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Cooling off with a drink in Ortygia

Syracuse, Sicily

This morning the French captain wished us a happy 4th of July. The French can appreciate Independence Day perhaps more than most and it was sweet that the entire French crew went out of their way to wish us a happy day. They even made a 4th of July American feast for lunch and teatime (though we skipped both to indulge in local specialties …
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Mt Etna

Mt Etna Hiking and Wine Tasting

Today we traveled to Mt Etna, the highest mountain in Sicily at 11,000 ft and also an active volcano. The top of the volcano was billowing steam, but that area is only accessible for scientists. Towns circle the lower areas of the volcano with folks making their living off tourism and the rich volcanic soil used to grow olives, pistachios and …
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Cooking class at the home of the Duchess

Lunch with the Duchess

On this day, we joined a special cooking class. First stop was the oldest market in Palermo, Capo Market, to buy our ingredients. We met Nicoletta Lanza Tomasi, a Sicilian duchess who runs cooking classes out of Palazzo Lanza Tomasi.

At the market, we visited a fish monger to see what had been brought in. Nicoletta was concerned as her plan was …
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Carriage Ride in Palermo

Palermo

Today we explored Palermo on our own. It's been very hot and today was no exception. However, Palermo is a decent size city (approx 700,000) so it was a good chance to get out and stretch our legs in the shade of the city buildings. The architecture here is lovely with beautiful theaters, churches and government buildings around every …
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Marco Scapagnini, Wine Journalist, and excellent guide in Sicily

Trapani Wine and Cous Cous

After a rewarding but exhausting day yesterday, we opted for a relaxing wine tour/ local cooking experience with Marco Scapagnini, a Sicilian Wine Ambassador and frequent contributor to

international food and wine publications. I have to admit that I was a tad intimidated to go to a wine tasting with such a world renown expert. I tend to have …
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Pool deck on Le Bougainville

Le Bougainville

Le Bougainville is gorgeously designed with outdoor seating at the front and back, two dining areas, three lounges and a comfortable theater. The lounges offer three different atmospheres, including an upper deck observation lounge with panoramic windows facing forward and the Blue Eye, a multi-sensory lounge below water level with windows looking …
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Les Gavroches, Valletta

Valletta Malta

The city of Valletta is perched on a hillside with steep wall drop offs down to the sea. It's easy to see why the Ottomans had such challenges besieging the city, even with a force of over 20 times the defenders. There's just nothing but sheer limestone walls for hundreds of feet straight up. The whole city in fact, is constructed in …
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Statue of Icarus, Agrigento Valley of the Temples

Ancient Sicily

As a mom of four, I'm a light sleeper so it's an adjustment sharing a room. This morning that meant waking up at 5:30. Unable to get back to sleep, I decided to explore the ship a bit more. I found a lovely observation lounge and outdoor seating that I had all to myself, a perfect spot to reflect on the trip so far.

Today we stopped in …
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Breakfast on Le Bougainville

Valetta's Birthday in Valletta

My mom was named after her uncle Valentine who died in World War II. Her dad thought he was being creative when he "made up" the name Valetta as a tribute to Valentine. Throughout her life, her name has been a source of comedy and angst.... Florida, Velveeta, there's no end to the odd spellings and pronunciations she gets. Hence my …
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