Norwaylady goes b2b in the Mediterranean on Infinity 24.5-10.6.23 LIVE

[Norwaylady]

B2B Envelope ✉️ on the bed last night

 

Transit pass and information about leaving the ship and re-boarding. 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

Rise & Shine💙🇬🇷

 

Welcome to Mykonos

 

Ship was cleared 07.15 and the tenders were running. 

It’s a little gray outside, so they ask everyone to bring the umbrellas from the staterooms ashore. 

 

Our plan is nothing big. A city tour and the famous windmills⭐️🇬🇷💙

 

I have visited Delos before. (The Queen was not keen on this tour)  Strongly recommend to visit in you are into history and Greek mythology🤓👌🏻

 

😱🤪😅 What a surprise to have a look around the side of the ship!

We are in Mykonos by Conni💙🫶🏻

(But also Regent, Virgin, MSC) So it will be a crowded day in port! 5 ships in total😅

(virgin is hidden in the picture)

[Norwaylady]

So, we started slowly this morning🫶🏻

Breakfast in Blu💙 We had the usual😝

 

And today we went out of “normal” ordered a porch egg😅

It’s like a fine dining build-your-own-breakfast😂👌🏻💙 (my favourite breakfast) 

[Norwaylady]

We went to the tender around 09.30. 

No line, straight to the tender. 

It’s local tenders from the port. 10.minutes. 

 

You are being dropped off in the old port. 

There are some tours available for purchase on the dock. Beaches, Delos etc. 

We walked into the town. It’s around 10.mins walk in slow pace before you are in the shopping/pedestrian area. 

Since the weather is not perfect🤔

I said to the Queen, we need to go to the Windmills first, if the weather gets worse. It will be very windy and wet there💨💦

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So we arrived before the crowd of tours🙌🏻

So easy to get pictures alone📸

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the windmills it was time for walking in the city centre and some shopping👌🏻

 

 

 

 

 

The Queen found a new purse and I found some windmill socks in blue🧦 for Mr❤️ (he has Typ 2 black pair of socks😝 the rest are funny socks, Super Mario, Superman, Pink Panther etc… it’s he’s brand of statement) So everyone at work finds this very funny 😆 

 

After walking and window shopping for a while, the Queen wanted coffee. 

We found a nice spot under roofing. 

 

The weather was starting to get darker and some drizzle 🌧️ 

When we finished coffee it was raining ☔️ 

 

The Queen was finished for today. She said it was okay to go back to the ship. 

It’s very slippery on the ground when it rains. 

We arrived by the tender dock 13.30 and we arrived back onboard 13.45. 

[hcat]

we love mykonos..great food and shopping, and wonderful people!

loved the pics esp kitties, flowers etc..

 

i remember the color if the water was so perfect..but we had  a sunny day!

[Norwaylady]

After arrival back onboard we have prepared for turnaround day, changing hangers to the dry cleaning hanger, packing the rest in the suitcase 🧳 

Had some coffee in Al Bacio and a jacuzzi session outside ☔️👌🏻

The indoor pool was packed😝

 

We went down to the Martini Bar area at 18.05. It was kinda busy….

 

Tonight’s show is a broadway style show. Hollywood Cabaret by the vocal cast. 

 

 

Show was great! 

Cast did really show off🥳🤩⭐️

 

Captain Kirk did come on stage before the show. He had the executive comity up on the stage. 

 

He’s a funny guy😂👍🏻

 

After the show, it was a new pop-up by Lorraine in the grand foyer💙⭐️👌🏻

[JeanieC,Aston]

Hi

Are the resident Pelicans still on the beach in Mykonos?
Ive not been for a few years,,always good for a photo op.

[WNCtourist]

Great photos, especially of the resident 🐈!

[clochette]

So glad I found your report and binge read it.  I love that you are cruising with your mom.

[CTSandy]

Love your pictures!  I am enjoying your report so much - thank you for sharing😊

[Norwaylady]

8 hours ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

Hi

Are the resident Pelicans still on the beach in Mykonos?
Ive not been for a few years,,always good for a photo op.

there were only 2 swans yesterday in Mykonos town beach. 
But tomorrow we will be back, and fingers crossed it’s sun and perfect weather for Ellia Beach 🏖️ 

[Norwaylady]

So tonight’s dinner in Blu is the last😔

Let me just start to say, the food has tasted excellent and our crew has done an outstanding job🫶🏻❤️💙🙌🏻 They have worked hard and delivered every night💙

Alex has worked his socks off and Marco has never let us down. 

The Queen has really got blown away by the level of service and taste of the menu. 

 

Tonight’s menu was blue cheese soufflé, mozzarella tomato salad and filet mignon. 

 

 

 

For dessert we had the apple pie👌🏻

It tasted delicious and nothing was left on the plates👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Service has been superb from everyone in Blu. 

Irwin has guaranteed that we will have a nice table for dinner in MDR. (I truly trust that he has fixed us a good team💙) 

[Norwaylady]

Good morning from Athens /Pireus Port

 

 

We have docked but are not cleared by local authorities yet. 

Estimated time for clearance is around 07.15. 

[Norwaylady]

We were ready for breakfast service around 07.15. 

We had a look in the hallway to look for our stateroom attended. 

No Angelo visible…. (Last night we had a chat about the moving process and agreed that we would notify him when we were ready for breakfast and he would take care of the rest;) 

 

So we found his card and picked up the phone…….

Well, guess what? 

 

The phone was all dead. It shows the date and time in the display but it’s no connection/tone😝😂😂😂😂

So if someone tried to call or leave a message for us, good luck 😂😂

We only accept real letters😆🤪

 

So a new walk around and Angelo detect👌🏻

 

We went downstairs for breakfast in Blu. 

The usual menu, Greek yoghurt, avocado toast, coffee and grape fruit.

Blu was rather busy today. 

 

After breakfast we walked downstairs, pinging our cards, the ping said: wrong ping/the happy ping for staying b2b🤩🥳😁

So our security officers looked surprised😅

I was ready to give him my card and said see you later😆

 

So off we went! 

 

Our plan for today is hop-on hop-off bus. 

According to the schedule online it says departure every 15.min…..

(They didn’t expect b2b guests today) so they only had departure 08.30-09.30 in the morning🤥 So we arrived outside 08.37😐

So then we needed to wait…. 

 

The ticket lady said they were informed from the port that there were nobody coming b2b. It was as all changing/turnaround day today. So that’s why they didn’t run as often….

 

 

09.05 they arrived by a bus, please step on😅

We hoped on, and off we went! 

[Norwaylady]

So there are a few ships in port today…

It’s turnaround day on the majority😅👌🏻

It’s us-infinity, Connie, Azamara, Regent, Celestial cruises, Sea Dream, Windstar and another smaller vessel. 

 

So we picked up 4 guests from Celestial cruises and then we left into Athens (they were also b2b). Our bus was going in to the interchange point and then converted into the Athens route. 

So we could just stay on. 

This interchange point is at Akropolis. 

 

We took the full ➰ loop. Going back to Acropolis, we went off at the stop Plaka. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect for a little walk and shopping of souvenirs. 

There are a million stores selling all Greek effects and souvenirs. (Prices are cheaper then in Santorini & Mykonos, type 50% less for almost everything) 

 

We stopped for some coffee and ice cream in Plaka. 

 

The bus to Pireus runs on a scheduled time from the Acropolis stop. So check the time table. 

 

 

 

 

So we took the bus from the Plaka stop to Acropolis 13.45. ( don’t want to miss the connection 14.35) We could have walked up from the Plaka, but the Queen said bus please☺️

 

So now we are waiting on a bench in the shade. It’s the warmest day so far on the cruise. 

[Norwaylady]

Oh my…. We walked to the bus 14.17 and it was full, we got the last 2 seats upstairs. 

The rest was stuffed downstairs standing as herring😰😰😰

Those people were not going on a cruise, just the sightseeing tour….

We were the same people getting off as we boarded the bus this morning🙃

 

We arrived at the port, they drop you of at B/C cruise terminal. So you must walk from the car check point. About 650m. 

We arrived at 15.15

 

We said, we are in transit and had the transit pass in hand. 

-Go to the general boarding area and please be seated until we call the area😖

 

What is wrong by transit pass??? 

Again, wait in the check-in line🥵😳🤯🤬

Hello, why can’t they have this under control????

 

So we waited and then called, the lady upfront looked at us and sent us back to the Suite area, then our new cards arrived asap. 

 

We walked onward, passed security and re-boarded the ship🥳🥳

We went straight to our Muster station to get registered. 

Then it was up to our new stateroom. 

Suitcases waited inside and all hanging clothes was in the closet🤩

 

Dennis, our new housekeeper was stopping by. 

 

A little snack was delivered to our room from the hotel manager🥰😋

 

(But are we sailing transatlantic?🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣) 

 

We had a check of the phone in our room, it has a tone😅👍🏻 (so we will probably be easier to get in touch off😆) 

 

Time to empty the suitcases and get settled. 

 

Paperwork on arrival: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

After unpacking our things, the Queen needed more coffee🙃

So we went downstairs to Al Bacio. 

Some coffee and ice tea helped on the tour-out blues….😆

 

My cup of tea are definitely not Hop-on Hop-off bus rides. 

I’m a walker and public transport person. 

But for the Queen it was a perfect time. 

She could see the big things and be seated. 

 

Tonight’s show is the broadway show from last night. So we are taking a shower and power rest before dinner instead. 

 

We have a table on deck 5, fixed seating 20.30. Fingers crossed for a nice location and a great server team💙

[Norwaylady]

So, The ladies was not ready until 19.45 to go downstairs. 
We were racing against Connie, she left Athens port before us🏎️🚢🏎️

 

 

 

We attended the effy raffle before dinner😅 you have to be in it, to win it😆

No prizes for us😜

 

We went to dinner in Mdr. 

We have a lovely table for 2 by the window. 

 

Our waiter and assistant seemed okay. A few first-nigh bumps, but it will probably be fine. (The typical half crazy evening, run for your life waitstaff🤪😝) 

We had quinoa salad, goat cheese salad and the fish. 

 

 

 

 

For dessert ice cream and banana foster. 

 

After dinner it was bed time 🥱 

[Norwaylady]

Cruise Compass Mykonos 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Norwaylady]

We are booked on a beach break, Elia Beach. 

Meeting 09.00 in the theatre. 

 

We had breakfast downstairs in mdr. 

Coffee, Greek yoghurt, berries and grapefruit. 

All good 👍🏻 We are ready for a beach trip😎

[upwarduk]

So, you missed the Concierge Lunch, as you were not yet on board?

Edited June 4, 2023 by upwarduk

[Norwaylady]

1 hour ago, upwarduk said:

So, you missed the Concierge Lunch, as you were not yet on board?

Yep, we arrived back 15.45. 
 

so after lunch hour….. 

 

[hcat]

Will be interested  to hear about  the  Mykonos beach experience..hope it was lovely!  We think the port town is nice but one and done..so beach a nice option..

 

Akso curious how you will compare MDR menu,  meals and service with BLU..Head chef bio was interesting..orig from Mexico and studied engineering!

[Norwaylady]

So we left 09.00 from the ship. 

It’s 35.minutes drive from port to Elia beach. 

 

 

The excursion includes a sun bed, umbrella, a drink and a sandwich. ( choice of beer, wine, water and soft drink) 

 

 

They have toilets and a larger restaurant area on top of the beach. They also have a swimwear shop. Hats, sunscreen, bathing attire, flip flops etc. 

 

 

 

Pick up time from the beach club is 12.40. 

 

At this time of the year, the ocean is not super warm. (It’s Norwegian summer temperature🏖️😆) So some 🥶😱😵‍💫 face’s when people entered the water😂😂😂😂😂🤣

 

Temperature around 21c and a light breeze. 

 

It was a nice beach and club. 

The bus took us back to the ship. 

 

We jumped straight onto the shuttle bus to Mykonos town. 

So we had a little walk in town on a sunny day😎👌🏻

 

 

 

 

Had a coffee and some ice cream. 

 

The wind 💨 has starting to get stronger. It’s small white tops on the ocean. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to Windy (app) this was as scheduled. 

 

At 16.00 we decided to go back onboard. 

The Queen is safely parked in Al Bacio for some coffee🥰

 

I stopped by guests service to pick up our cruise cards from last week…. (It was stated in the b2b paperwork that WE needed to pick them up) 

They could find it🤪 So hopefully they will end up on my door during the cruise🙃

We collect the cruise card’s. It’s something that goes into the picture scrap book of the year. (I make a new for each year) So it’s like a year book. 

 

I headed upstairs to fix a work thing🤓

Today’s canapés had arrived:

 

Speaking off the devil…..

When I’m sitting on my computer writing email and this, guess what knocked on our door? 

A reprint of last week’s cruise card… (they smell brand new and haven’t the wear and tear after use) 

Thank you Sunny! 

[Norwaylady]

17 minutes ago, hcat said:

Will be interested  to hear about  the  Mykonos beach experience..hope it was lovely!  We think the port town is nice but one and done..so beach a nice option..

 

Akso curious how you will compare MDR menu,  meals and service with BLU..Head chef bio was interesting..orig from Mexico and studied engineering!

Elia beach is ranked as a very posh beach. It’s lovely there. 
The beach break is a decent tour.

Good beds and good quality umbrella. 
Toilet facilities are good, clean, paper, soap etc. 

Upscale restaurant on site and a store selling quality beach wear and sunglasses (brand’s only, no el cheapo products). 
 

The service from the crew was good. 
Drinks looked very tempting 🍹 (I didn’t try them)  

We had sparkling water in the sun😎 

 

I think food from the restaurant menu was good/more tempting than our plate of club sandwich. It was no choice for us. 
It just arrived on our table😅

The club sandwich was very tasty and fresh, but the fries was not my cup of tea😝

If you want to be el-cheapo (just like I do from time to time🤣🤣🤣) 

There is a beautiful beach at Megali Ammos Beach. You can see it from the windmills. (If you are sporty, it’s a good walk)