Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Europe – 2015 – Day 13

Here we are in Athens or rather the port of Piraeus which is about 10 miles from the center of Athens.  The weather is a beautiful 73 degrees and it was a clear day to start with and ended overcast but still a nice day.

Originally we were going to take the train into town but found a taxi driver who virtually had the same rate as the train so we took the taxi in to the old city where all the fun shops are.
We walked and shopped until 12:45pm when we met the same taxi driver who took us to the port town of Piraeus and a restaurant called Diasimos that Jeff and Vera had found a couple of years ago.  We met them at 1:15pm for lunch and what a feast we had.  Below you will find all of the courses the four of us had for lunch and wow, was a great.
We walked about 1 ½ miles back to the ship and got there just in time for our nap.
Tonight the show was a performance by a British vocalist and show pianist who was a pretty good singer and piano player.  She played a lot of Liberace versions of songs which was fun.
Tonight we and Jeff and Vera were guests of the casino host in the specialty restaurant called The Ocean Liner and had some great food.  Sorry I didn’t take the camera to show you.
Then of course we went to the casino where Ed won nicely and Barb hit for a really nice jackpot!! 
After finishing blackjack, we sat in the bar with the casino manager and talked for two hours.  We learned a lot about casino life and just basically had a good time with her.
Life is good – GO CUBS!
 
A Greek donut

A Greek Salad

Octopus

Calamari

Ed's Ocotpus - yes he ate it all!!

Grilled Sardines

Freash Sea Bass
Baked Calamari

We are full!!

 

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