It was another beautiful day when we woke up in the port of Athens (Piraeus), which is about 30 miles from the heart of the city.
After breakfast we took a cab to the heart of the old city,
the Plaka and wandered around until it was time to eat lunch. This is also the area where, on a hill, the Parthenon
sits. The Parthenon was built in 1,000 B.
C.
In the past, we have walked the 25 minutes to the train
station and took a train into the city.
This time we decided to take a cab and the driver, Chris was
perfect. On the way, he swung over to
the massive private boat harbor and that was quite a sight.
We had made reservations at a delightful restaurant in the
heart of the old city and it was a wonderful lunch. We sat outside and people watched while
eating.
Since we were in Greece, we ate at a tractional Greek
dinner, including wine. We asked the
waiter to bring us two glasses of wine, one red and one white that he would choose
for dinner and they were great.
Barb liked the dry red and Ed liked the white.
Then we walked around some more until it was time to take a
car back to the ship. Chris was waiting
for us at 3:30pm and he took us back to the ship the faster way. Along the way he asked us to stop at a relative’s
shop, which we did and Barb found a little cross that she had been looking for.
We had an early evening snack from the café and then changed
for the evening.
The performance in the main theater was a magician who was
very good.
We then ate dinner as usual around 8:00pm and met another new
couple from England.
After dinner, we went to the casino where Barb lost a little
and Ed had a great win. (Jason – on a $100 initial bet – won the
first 10 hands including 4 blackjacks!!)
Left the table after playing only 5 minutes.
Nite from Athens – tomorrow we arrive in Ephesus, Turkey
