Fairly spacious for a solo traveller and larger than other single cabins I've been in. I imagine it might feel cramped if you opt for two separate beds though.

It's the furthest forward inside cabin on deck 10, so may feel some motion in stormy weather. I hardly ever noticed movement though in the weather we had (fairly calm). It's still close to stairs/lifts so you don't have to trek far. 

More importantly, it was very quiet with no disturbances from anywhere else.

I booked a tour through a venice-based company for a food tour of the Jewish Quarter. It was a great way to get to know the area, taste particularly local dishes and relax in the evening.

I found Dubrovnik to be lacking in any atmosphere at all, and with no distinctive Croatian shops/items on offer. I walked the walls and took the cable car on my own, which was easy enough, but overall I was disappointed with this port - actually being there didn't add anything more than you'd get from looking at photos! In contrast, Split and Trogir were much much better and we visited them later in the week.

Dubrovnik

This was NCL's Athens and its Scenic Coast. It started off by going to Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon, which was impressive, and then went back to Athens for a meal and a visit to the Acropolis. The meal was a mass-produced thing and not great, but was a good chance to meet other cruisers. The visit to the Acropolis was good, but rushed as our tour guide spoke for far too long on trivia (which should have been done on the coach). We then stopped off briefly at a shop on the way back to the ship - they gave away free postcards which saved me buying some.

This was an NCL excursion and included a hike up the island to see the volcano, which was good fun and not too arduous. There was then a chance to swim int he sulphur springs, which was something different and very enjoyable. It was not noticeably warm until you got very close to the shore though, where you could see the sulphur bubbling up. I am not a strong swimmer, but it was easy enough to manage from the tour ship.

I actually did Oia on my own by taking a bus there. It was easy to do, albeit a little hair-raising going round the bends. Oia is very pretty so I am glad I made it. Be aware that the buses returning to Fira get very full and you are unlikely to get on the first one.

This was a fairly short NCL excursion to Medieval Trogir, but well worth doing. Trogir has the atmosphere that Dubrovnik lacked and was really interesting and beautiful. Afterwards, we returned to Split where we had the opportunity to either return to the ship or wander round. I recommend wandering, as you are just on the quay from the Jade and cannot get lost. It was fascinating to see how modern split is built into Diocletian's old palace, keeping it alive. This was probably my favourite port during the first week, beating Athens and Dubrovnik.

The Palace is interesting, but much smaller than I was expecting and didn't take very long to see. However, it still beat staying on the ship, and the guide's narrative about the island was interesting and contained much of which I hadn't been aware.

This was an NCL tour to the Island of Delos. For me, the ruins here are on a par with Pompeii and give an image of a truly classical landscape. Although I wouldn't want to run the others down, I actually felt Delos was more inspiring than either the Acropolis in Athens or the ruins at Olympia, both of which we saw that week. Be aware, it is very exposed and can get hot, and there are limited facilities available. 

The tour ship drops you back off in Mykonos port so you can have a wander around and see the windmills before you return to the tenders to get back to the Cruise ship.

NCL's Best of Olympia, which included the ruins and a visit to Magna Grecia farm. Olympia was interesting and there are a lot of ruins. You can clearly see the impact of the earthquake that felled them.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy the visit to Magna Grecia farm, expecting it to be a simple sales pitch. There was some of that - all from the tour guide rather than the farm employees actually - but the visit was much better than that sounds. In addition to finding out about the olive harvest and sampling some of their wine, you get a chance to have a delicious meal of locally grown products, and then take part in some Greek dancing. I usually run a mile from anything like that, but it was actually good fun. I even bought some olives...

The trade-off is in entertainment space, so there was less variety on Epic and, I felt, a distinctly less-polished entertainment offer (although some individual theatre acts were excellent, and many of the solo performer at the bars and lounges were excellent - don't miss Fire and Ice or Willian).Going back, I will probably not eat so often in the speciality restaurants because the offer in the buffet was incredibly varied with a different theme each day, and of good quality - although obviously you loose the 'waited on' experience.

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