It was Corfu, Greece, that sealed the deal for me. As I browsed through Windstar Cruise’s itineraries through the Mediterranean, I was especially attracted to a particular itinerary — A Piece of Greece, A Slice of Sicily, and the Corinth Canal. Departing from Athens and ending in Barcelona, it included three ports in Greece, two …
Thinking of booking a cruise of the Greek Isles that leaves from Athens? If so, you should plan to arrive a day before the ship departs from Piraeus port for a couple of reasons. Most importantly, you don’t want to miss the ship, due to unforeseen circumstances, like a flight delay or cancellation. And you don’t want to miss experiencing the high points of this amazing ancient city.
Serendipity: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
What were the chances… “You’re going to Santorini when?” My husband and I had booked our Windstar cruise of the Greek Isles and two weeks before we were to leave, I found out that a couple from my hometown — very good friends that I’d known most of my life — were going to be staying on Santorini the same week we would be visiting from our ship.