Today we were supposed to arrive in Mykonos around 7
AM. Unfortunately the wind didn’t
cooperate. It was blowing between
45 and 60 knots so docking was impossible. Instead we had another leisurely, sunny day at sea. We continued our scrabble tournament
and generally took it easy.
Around sunset we arrived at the Dardenelles Straits to begin
our passage to Istanbul. This was
our first time here and we hadn’t
realized how narrow the straits are in places. As we sailed past the shoreline we could see lots of
windfarms on the Asian side of the straits.
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| Wind farms on the Asian side of the Turkish coast |
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| A freighter in front of the setting sun in the Dardenelles |
We’re due in early tomorrow morning to Istanbul so we’ve set
an early wake-up call to watch our arrival.
6 comments:
So how does this work when that happens? You just skip that day's port?
Yes, that's what happens. They can't rearrange the itinerary, so you just miss wherever you were supposed to go that day.
The sunset picture is amazing! The sun looks so huge!
Sorry you missed Mykonos. Hope Istanbul makes up for it. Loved your sunset shot. Usually it's a bird in that kind of pic, but the freighter works beautifully. Good catch.
Dave
We missed Mykonos as well, another reason to go back.
Sorry you missed Mykanos! Would have loved to read about it.
Really enjoying your blog and photos and hope you enjoy Istanbul and the rest of your cruise.
Marcia
Love Mykonos so sad you missed it, but Istanbul is awesome and enjoy the leather shopping :)
If you walk across the Bosphorus on the side they cook fish and sell sandwiches, oh my gosh the best fish sandwich I have ever eaten, straight from the fishing boats - okay they may not be doing that anymore :)
Looking forward to the pics and reading about your day, do you have a tour booked?
regards to all
Julia
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