Wansbrough's Cruise Blog

We have just completed a tour of the ancient city of Ephesus. Our guide Emre brought the whole place to life for us. It is about a 50 minute drive from the port but well worth the trip. We booked our tour with a company called Ephesus Shuttle and can recommend them highly if you are ever in the need for a guide in Izmir. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

We have been joined in port today by Thomson Celebration. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

It is 7.00am local time and we are docking at Izmir. We leave at 2.00 so it will be quite hectic to fit in our tour to Ephesus. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

We have decided to stay on board a) because the ship is deserted b) the weather is lovely & c) because there are huge queues for the tenders! Off for a swim now…….. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Mein Scheiff 1 what looks to be an ex Celebrity ship looking at the funnel closely. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

We have arrived at Mykonos and here waiting for us are Royal Caribbean’s Splendour of the Seas and a Mein Schieff which has a Thomson logo on the funnel but I can’ read its name. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

The photo shows us just passing the Greek Island of Syros. You might just make out Tinos in the distance. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

I have just downloaded an app which allows a screen capture so have tried it out on Google maps which I have been using to plot our current location. As you will see we are not too far from Mykonos now. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

I have just been down to the cabin and stopped to chat with our steward Peterson who is from the Philippines. He was still hard at it and I asked him how many more he had left to do as it had just gone 1.00pm. He replied just 5 and so I then asked how many were under his quota. I was very surprised when told me that he looked after 20 cabins, all this with no assistance. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

I don’t if you are familiar with the 6 part series about life on board a cruise ship which was originally shown on the Geographical channel, the ship being the Costa Serena. Our captain is the same one as featured on that series, Captain Russo. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device