Traveling with Ellen

We docked in Split, Croatia at noon today having left Venice at about 8 pm last night.  This morning was a quiet morning.  We played a few hands of cribbage and then went to the Port Talk to hear about tomorrow's excursions in Dubrovnik.  This is a daily event but not usually in the morning. After the port talk, Wayne and I were invited to attend a thank you reception for those who sailed from Barcelona all the way to Istanbul.  There are a total of 95 of us sailing the entire distance.   All other passengers embark or disembark in Barcelona, Rome (Citivecchia), Venice or Athens.   So, while the ship holds 930 passengers, there's a turnover of about 500 at each embarkation city. It was a nice reception with some wine and a few appetizers.  No sales pitch :)   Just a thank you and acknowledgement for our traveling the entire distance (29 days). I was able to see the ship dock from the veranda of our stateroom and look out over the ha...