Category - Travelling With Vision

28
Jan

Should You Purchase Travel Insurance?

Not Sure If You Want To Buy Travel Insurance?   We understand that next to your home and car, travel is one of the largest expenses in your life.  Unfortunately there are situations that arise from time to time that make it impossible to travel or require you to return home in the middle of […]

12
Nov

The Wonderment of Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a wonder of the world, no question but after having travelled to Peru recently the whole country is full of wonders and is a mesmerizing destination.   Hidden Treasures is the new video and website they have come created,  www.peru.travel,  you will wonder just how they created what they did.   We travelled in […]

21
Oct

Cruising Turkey and Greece – flight home

We checked in and were pleasantly surprised that there was a Lufthansa Business Lounge where we could enjoy some coffee and pastries before boarding. As with our KLM flight from Amsterdam to Istanbul, we were disappointed by the business class configuration – 3 standard seats together with the middle seat blocked off, no extra legroom […]

21
Oct

Cruising Turkey and Greece – the Silversea Experience

Once again, we really loved all aspects of our second cruise on Silversea, as we did the first cruise to the Caribbean. This time history was the main attraction of the ports and we loved every minute of the tours to all of the ancient places and learning about the history, religion and culture of […]

18
Oct

Cruising Turkey and Greece – Patmos

Thursday morning we awoke anchored in the Patmos harbour. It was the only port on this cruise where we had to go to shore via a tender boat. Silversea organized this very efficiently and we were soon on our way to join our Silversea tour. Patmos is the “St. John” island – famous as the […]

18
Oct

Cruising Turkey and Greece – Mykonos

Wednesday morning we arrived in the beautiful port of Mykonos. Mykonos is very striking with its whitewashed buildings along the hills surrounding the harbour, mostly with blue trim, contrasting with the crystal blue sea water. We had a walking tour of the old town, stopping to visit some churches and the famous windmills of the […]