Wed/Th October 24-25, 2018, At Sea

The first 36 hours onboard after departing Athens at 1800 hrs were rather eventful. Two to three hours after setting sail for Rhodes, by now it was dark, the captain came on the PA to announce we had a medical emergency onboard and we'd have to return to Athens. Because of this we lost 8-9 hours of sailing time for Rhodes, which meant we couldn't arrive in time to accomplish any excursions. Corporate out of Miami instructed us to proceed to Heraklion on Crete thus skipping Rhodes. This probably worked out for the best as there were northerly gale force winds forecast so we sailed the long way to Heraklion around the south (lee shore) side of Crete sheltered from the winds. Seas have been very calm with little motion.

A bit about Oceania, their ships and our stateroom. They own 6 ships, 4 680-passenger R-Class boats originally owned by Renaissance Cruises and 2 O-Class 1260-passenger ships. By the time we arrive in Miami we'll have 15 cruises with Oceania. This trip makes the third time in an O-Class ship, but for the 1st time we're in a 1,000 sq. ft. Oceania Suite. Can't say we're roughing it with two full baths, media room (technology is pretty old), full wet bar, large living/dining room and master bdrm with walk-in closet and large bath. Oh, and Suzy gets her butler.

Media room

Here are a few photos of our stateroom.

Master bath

Oceania deck


To the right is a photo of La Reserve. It's a room
used exclusively for wine dinners.
For an extra charge, there are periodic 7-course
wine-paired dinners held here.We've found them to
be quite a lot fun and sell out quickly.

lvrm/bar/dnrm/desk

La Reserve