09 Sep

Our 19-Day Mediterranean Adventure – Greece, Turkey, and the Search for Free WiFi

It’s an oldie but goodie, and since Disney is going back to Greece in 2020, I thought it was a good time to repost!

What:  A massive 19 day (13 days on the cruise with 6 more including travel time and extra days in Europe) trip extravaganza.  A 12 night Mediterranean cruise with a day in London beforehand and a few days in London and Barcelona afterwards.  So yes.  This is going to be a long stinking trip report.  Oh yes, and I took 5239 pictures.  On my camera!  That doesn’t even count the Instagram photos you’ll see scattered throughout the report.  Great day in the morning.

Why: Because it’s awesome mostly.  But also because I was able to do a last minute 11 night Med cruise back in April of 2010 with my daughter and some other family and friends, so this was a makeup cruise for my son and husband.  It worked nicely as a graduation trip/present!

When: June 13-July 1, 2013

I booked this cruise the day it came out, back in January of 2012.

As time got closer we realized it was going to get crazy.  My daughter was going to have to miss the last day of school, my son was graduating from high school the Saturday before the trip, we had a house full of family that whole weekend and a big graduation party on Sunday, he then left and was coming home one day early from his senior trip to make it on time, and we were moving across the country to Las Vegas so our household goods were all moved the day before we left.  Then the kids were traveling with their youth group to Scotland 3 days after the cruise ended, so it really didn’t make sense for us to come all the way back home and we needed to stay in Europe for three more days before we dropped them off in London Heathrow.  Got all that?  Yes.  A little crazy. 

Totally worth it though.

Who: Us!  Here we are a few days before we left!  This picture is a celebration of the whole Whiting family – but mostly Chase.  The high school graduate.  Also appearing in this photo are myself-Tammy, hubby-Stephen, and daughter – Ally.

My parents! My parents were on our last Med cruise, and have been in several of my trip reports. They had quite the trip in store for them. Here they are in Monaco:

My in-laws! My in-laws were also on my last Med cruise, as well as a few other cruises with us.

My brother-in-law! Scott has appeared in a few trip cruise trip reports as well. He’s the oldest of three boys with my hubby falling in the middle.

Our 19-Day Mediterranean Adventure – Greece, Turkey and the Search for Free Wifi

Day 0 – Crazy Days Before Departure! 
Day 1 – On Our Way! 
Day 2 – London Layover 
Day 3 – Embarkation!  
Day 4 – The Beauty That is Monaco 
Day 5 – La Spezia aka the Road to Pisa or Florence 
Day 6 – Rome Baby!
Day 7 – Sea Day Fun! 
Day 8 – Introducing The Pneumonia 
Day 9 – Athens and the Inside of the Hospital Onboard!
Day 10 – Turkey 
Day 11 – Mykonos and the Start of a Countdown to Get Back to Mykonos 
Day 12 – Sea Day and Palo Dinner 
Day 13 – Segways in Malta! 
Day 14 – Last Day Onboard 
Day 15 – Disembark and Barcelona 
Day 16 – Travel to London
Day 17 – London Baby! 
Day 18 – Harry Potter Heaven