Our first glimpse of the Costa Atlantica. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
Postcard #1.4 Savona
Postcard #1.3 Varazze
Forget my last remark about it being flat. I have never been through so many tunnels in my life. Absolutely stunning scenery and the sun is out. Just another 20 minutes or more left now until we get to the port of Savona. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
Postcard #1.2 San Pietro Mosezzo
The above being our Geotagging location when the photo was taken. The view is of the Alps as we make our way on the coach to Savona. The sun has come out now as we are making our way to the coast. This part of the country is very flat apart from the spectacular view to our right of the snow topped mountains. TBC Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
Postcard #1.1 Milan to Savona
So far everything has run like clockwork. Our flight from Heathrow to Milan was nice and uneventful taking just 1 hour and twenty five minutes. After collecting our luggage we were met by a Costa rep who escorted us to our coach which will take us to Savona. We are the only Brits on the coach which is almost full. I haven’t managed to work out what nationality they all are yet. The weather is cloudy and very much like it was when we left this morning. TBC Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
Ships in port with us
19 Sept 2011 Savona (Genoa), Italy
Costa Mediterranea 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Costa Concordia 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Costa Atlantica
20 Sept 2011 Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Adventure Of The Seas 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM (Dock)
Mariner Of The Seas 5:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Dock)
Pullmantur Sovereign 8:00 AM – 7:30 PM (Dock)
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 7:00:00 PM
21 Sept 2011 At Sea
22 Sept 2011 Mykonos, Greece
MSC Musica 12:30 AM – 1:00 AM
Splendour Of The Seas 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM (Tender)
Costa Atlantica 5:00:00 PM – 11:00:00 PM
23 Sept 2011 Izmir, Turkey
Costa Atlantica 7:30:00 AM – 2:00:00 PM
24 Sept 2011 Istanbul, Turkey
Wind Star 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Celebrity Equinox Arrive: 7:00 AM (Dock)
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 7:00:00 PM
25 Sept 2011 Costanta
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 8:00:00 PM
26 Sept 2011Odessa, Ukraine
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 6:00:00 PM
27 Sept 2011 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 6:00:00 PM
28 Sept 2011At Sea
29 Sept 2011 Pireo
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 5:00:00 PM
30 Sept 2011 Katakolon, Olympia, Greece
Costa Atlantica 8:00:00 AM – 1:00:00 PM
01 Oct 2011 Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
HAL ms Rotterdam 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Costa Magica 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Wind Spirit 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Azamara Quest 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Dock)
Costa Atlantica 4:00:00 PM – 7:00:00 PM
02 Oct 2011 Savona (Genoa), Italy
Costa Serena 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Costa Atlantica Arrive: 9:00:00 AM
Announcing MSC Musica 22 July – 29 July 2012
On the 22 July we will taking the two boys to Venice for a 7 day cruise on the MSC Musica. MSC were enticing us with lots of offers and we eventually decided to take them up one. For the first time we will have an aft facing cabin so are really excited about this prospect as we have heard a lot of good reports about them.
ITINERARY
| DAY | DATE | PORT | ARRIVE | DEPART | |
| Sun | Jul | 22 | Venice, Italy | 5:30pm | |
| Mon | Jul | 23 | Bari, Italy | 1:00pm | 6:00pm |
| Tue | Jul | 24 | Katakolon, Greece | 12:30pm | 5:30pm |
| Wed | Jul | 25 | Santorini, Greece | 8:00am | 2:30pm |
| Wed | Jul | 25 | Mykonos, Greece | 7:30pm | |
| Thu | Jul | 26 | Mykonos, Greece | 1:00am | |
| Thu | Jul | 26 | Athens (Piraeus), Greece | 7:30am | 4:30pm |
| Fri | Jul | 27 | Corfu, Greece | 1:00pm | 7:00pm |
| Sat | Jul | 28 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 8:00am | 2:00pm |
| Sun | Jul | 29 | Venice, Italy | 9:00am | |
All paid for so just counting down the days now.
I paid the balance off for our next cruise yesterday so it is just a case of counting down the days now.
Day 8 – Farewell Norwegian Epic
Our last glimpse of the ship on our way to Barcelona airport to catch our BA flight home.
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Day 8 – and now we are off……
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Day 8 – Barcelona & Disembarking
Just woke to find we are already in Barcelona and the sky is grey and it is raining
There were several options available to us for getting off. Being as we made our own transfers we could select a time slot to have our luggage taken off by the ship or a new option for us which is carrying it off yourself. We have chosen the later which means we can stay on board until 9.00 a.m which is the last slot. This just gives us time to go to the Taste Restaurant for our last breakfast on the ship. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device