Like so many of us, I was nurtured on the stories of the gods and heroes of Greek mythology, so when an opportunity arose to travel with Viking on its 11-day cruise of Greece and its islands, I couldn’t resist. My ship kept me cocooned so that I could let my imagination soar as I set out on my personal Greek odyssey. What better way to visit Greece and its islands?
My trip began in Athens, but since I had been there just the year before, I chose Viking’s excursion to the Corinth Canal and the ancient city of Corinth, an hour and half from the ship’s dock, instead of a tour of Athens. I had no idea what the Canal of Corinth might be and was amazed by the narrow channel with sheer walls 300 feet high on either side of an 80-foot-wide channel dug through the Isthmus of Corinth.
