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Hurrah! It's only 8 months later, but I finally have loaded up all 89 videos from my August 2022 cruise to Greece and Turkey! This trip is now wholly documented and complete. Let me know if you have any remaining questions.

We finally, months later, received an email from Regent saying in essence 'airlines suck, and that's just the way things are.' Regent took zero responsibility for the situation or for leaving us hanging. They refused to reimburse my mom for the Uber ride she had to use to get back home from the alternate airport. So it was just a troubling situation all around. I am just SO SO grateful Air Canada invested the time and patience to find us alternate flights home. Otherwise we would have been stranded in Istanbul and required to arrange fresh, brand new flights using our own money, which probably couldn't have been same-day, meaning we'd have to find a new hotel, etc. etc. Even now, when I go back and reread my notes, I get very stressed. I am so grateful we got home and that Air Canada's person calmly got us through it. And part of what makes it awful is that it was WHOLLY unnecessary. The seats were empty. It's not like Turkish Air double-booked the seats. They were wholly empty and waiting for us. Turkish Air simply refused to lift a finger to figure out their tech snafu. And they were nastily hostile about it.

I now have all the slideshows and videos from my Greece / Turkey cruise up through everything documenting the city of Istanbul itself. What remains is primarily all the video I shot the final night to document each of the ship's various public rooms. I'll let you know when I get the 'ship tour' part done. Enjoy! This link is to the full playlist of 57 videos (so far). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcVdcGvvgOSYM8yZ8ucua3i03PcCbYBhM

Here's the slideshow of 230 photos from our full-day exploration of Istanbul, Turkey last August. This was a BUSY day. There will then be about 50 short videos to go with this of various locations in the city and on board the Regent Seven Seas Explorer. I'll post those as I find time! Ask with any questions.

Prayer Wheels / Mani Wheels / Mantra Mill by Asian Restaurant Pacific Rim:

Puttin' On The Ritz at 30th Anniversary Party:

Mack the Knife at 30th Anniversary Party:

30th Anniversary Party part 2:

30th Anniversary Party:

Tender docking with Explorer:

First short from Dikili Turkey - a tender approaching the ship along with a look along the shoreline.

Slideshow from Day 9 / Dikili Turkey. We stayed on board, so this is mostly of the food from the Middle Eastern buffet and from the Asian-themed restaurant. There will also be 9 short videos coming over the next few days. I've been really busy with life!

Glass sculptures on board set 2 -

Glass sculptures on board set 1 -

Kusadasi Castle -