Mediterranean
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Time to crash
Here’s the thing, sometimes despite your very best efforts, your very best planning, your very best threats – they reach their limit. The kids just pass out – zonkers like. Doesn’t matter to them that they’re in Venice – the most beautiful/most romantic/most scenic place on earth – they’re shattered. So let ’em rest, let ’em soak up the sun, let ’em catch some zzzzz’s. Grab a gelato, or a glass of wine and grab your camera! Give ’em their 40 winks and they’ll fine and so will you.
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Day Trip to Delos
Why go tilting at windmills??? According to Greek Mythology, Mykonos is where Hercules buried the Giants after a fierce battle. Another version – ‘cuz there’s always another version in Greeks Mythology – the island was named after Mykonos, son of the King of Delos who was the son of Apollo. If your Mediterranean cruise stops in Mykonos – get it out of your head that you have to spend the entire day on Mykonos, there’s real history, real adventure and real lions to see just a short boat ride away. Most likely your cruise will sail into Mykonos early in the morning and you’ll be in port until 4ish which is more than enough time to 1) Stroll the quaint port village, 2) Grab…