Cruises
Celestyal Cruise of the Greek Islands
Celestyal Crystal shares classic Greek hospitality on a Med cruise with international appeal. Although brought up in San Francisco, I never forget that I was born in Greece. Like many Greek-Americans, I was raised to be “Greek first.” I have fond memories of my earliest pilgrimages as a young teen backpacking around Greece with wide-eyed […]
48 Hours in Istanbul
Pre- and Post-Cruise Where Continents Come Together At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Istanbul is one of the world’s most mesmerizing cities. Founded by the Greeks around 700 B.C., ruled by the Romans, then later conquered by the Ottoman Empire, its perfect location on the Bosphorus strait transcends Western civilization. The old quarter of […]
