Seabourn Odyssey: Cruise Booklet Arrives & We Start Planning

When we returned from Maui on Monday night, there was a huge stack of mail waiting for us. I dug right in because I knew there must be something from Seabourn buried in the pile: our personalized information booklet for our Seabourn Odyssey cruise!

Prior to leaving for Hawaii, we booked the July 18th sailing from Istanbul, Turkey to Athens, Greece. This will be Odyssey's third voyage of her maiden season and we are really looking forward to making her acquaintance!

What intrigues me about Seabourn Odyssey is the fact that, at 32,000 tons, she will cater to 450 guests in a space that could easily hold many more passengers. The guest-to-space ratio is excellent.

Toss in her spacious suites—90 percent with balconies—and the all-inclusive/no-tipping-necessary policy and it starts to add up to something special.

The itinerary for the Aegean Odyssey cruise is:

• Istanbul, Turkey
• Dikili, Turkey
• Kusadasi, Turkey (for Ephesus)
• Bodrum, Turkey
• Santorini, Greece
• Amorgos, Greek Isles
• Navplion, Greece
• Piraeus, Greece (for Athens)

We're ironing out plans for our pre- and post-cruise stays in Turkey and Greece now. I'll report more on our trip as our plans are finalized. —Andrea M. Rotondo