THE SCOTTISH ADVENTURES OF A CRUISE SHIP ADDICT

4 November 2008 - Zakinthos, Greece QE2 anchored in the bay and we were all transferred by tender (lifeboat) out to Zakinthos Town. She looked beautiful and resplendent in the bay. A proper ocean liner. I had been in Zakinthos about 18 years ago with two friends from University. I thought it would be a great holiday. They could lie on the beach, and I could go and look at Greek Temples as I was (and still am) into Greek history and archaeology. The island disappointed me. Their main resort, Laganas was like Blackpool with sun. We stayed in Argassi which was still quite nice, but getting commercialised. As for the temples... the whole place was flattened by an earthquake in 1953, so there was nothing. We went for a tour of the island... nothing. The only mildly interesting place was Zakinthos Town because it still retained a little Greek charm. Yeuch! After getting the tender at 11.30am I wandered aimlessly around some shops and then back onto the tender at 12.30am for lunch. Nothing to...

From tomorrow, my blog will slightly change as I will be heading on board QE2 for her last proper cruise before she goes off to Dubai. I'm not sure whether posting this blog from QE2 will be easy or not, so it might be a little sporadic.  I am in port on these dates: 29 Oct   Lisbon (last time I was here it was so foggy I couldn't see the huge bridge across the Tagus! We were right under it!) 31 Oct   Sardinia  1 Nov   Naples (Pompeii)  2 Nov Sicily (its a Sunday - everything will be closed)  3 Nov Dubrovnik (gorgeous)  4 Nov Zakinthos (there's nothing there - I'll get to practice my Greek on the locals)  5 Nov Athens (The Acropolis)  8 Nov Gibraltar (Shopping - ye-hey!)  9 Nov Vigo (its a Sunday again - 4th time lucky, I'm hoping to finally get to visit this place!) 11 Nov Southampton (a big party!) We're taking two stowaways with us: Oscar, my daughter Evie's school teddy, and Rex, the rhinocerous from my aunty's work.