NCL Spirit Grand Mediterranean Adventure 2015
This is the home page for all posts related to my August/September trip featuring a 12-night Barcelona to Venice cruise on Norwegian Spirit. Check here to be updated with all related posts and external social media links before, during, and after the trip.
Note: This trip did not have a full cadre of blog posts. I traveled with a friend who wrote a very detailed trip report on CruiseCritic.com which can be found here.
Trip posts (in chronological order, not posting order):
Touring Barcelona with Culinary Backstreets
Touring Italy with Rome in Limo
Alternative Istanbul – Balik Ekmek (Fish Sandwich) Vendors
The Weekly Update – Heathrow Arrivals and Other Realities
Buongiorno! The Weekly Update (from Venice)
Overcoming Jet Lag – The Weekly Update
Related content:
Six things to consider about shore excursions
Five things I love about small ship cruising
A recovery plan for marathon travel
Itinerary:
- Day 1 – Saturday, August 22 – Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston on American Airlines, Houston to London on British Airways
- Day 2 – Sunday, August 23 – London to Barcelona on British Airways
- Day 3 – Monday, August 24 – Barcelona – touring with Culinary Backstreets
- Day 4 – Tuesday, August 25 – embarking NCL Spirit Grand Mediterranean itinerary in Barcelona
- Day 5 – Wednesday, August 26 – Provence, France – touring with Provence Wine Tours
- Day 6 – Thursday, August 27 – Florence/Pisa, Italy – touring with Rome in Limo
- Day 7 – Friday, August 28 – Rome, Italy – touring with Rome in Limo
- Day 8 – Saturday, August 29 – Naples, Italy – touring with Rome in Limo
- Day 9 – Sunday, August 30 – Sea Day
- Day 10 – Monday, August 31 – Mykonos, Greece
- Day 11 – Tuesday, September 1 – Istanbul, Turkey
- Day 12 – Wednesday, September 2 – Ephesus, Turkey – touring with About Ephesus
- Day 13 – Thursday, September 3 – Athens, Greece
- Day 14 – Friday, September 4 – Sea Day
- Day 15 – Saturday, September 5 – Venice, Italy – touring with Urban Adventures
- Day 16 – Sunday, September 6 – disembarking NCL Spirit in Venice, Italy, Venice to Doha on Qatar Airways, overnight at The Airport Hotel
- Day 17 – Monday, September 7 – Doha to DFW on Qatar Airways
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