When we woke up we were in the Port of Piraeus, Greece, the
closest port to Athens
Before we left for the day, they pulled a large tanker ship
right next to our ship and filled us up with fuel – that’s quite an operation
to see.
We left the ship at about 10am and walked to the train
station and took a subway to the center of Athens
What fun we had – Barb (we) bought a scarf, earrings, a neat
little ring, beautiful white gauze top, a Christmas ornament a little house for
our stairs and we ate our way around all day.
We went to the gigantic meat and fish market and walked
around the stalls. Then we walked
across the street to the fruits and bought some beautiful grapes for next to
nothing.
We then stopped to eat at a local restaurant where no one
spoke any English. We did a great job
communicating with them and had a lot of food for less that $5.
Finally we took the metro back to the port and a bus from
the train station to the ship.
After a nap – remember that naps are good – we sat out on
our deck and saw an increditable sunset – and you think sunsets are neat over
the corn fields of Illinois
We were to meet everyone at 8:00pm for a 1 hour session of
blackjack. David was the only one there
on time, so he and I played and in 15 minutes, I won 12 of 14 hands and by the
end of the hour had a nice winning session.
Dinner was the same wonderful food as every night.
The show was a “mind reader” who was not very good when we
saw him the first night in the preview show, so we didn’t go to it.
So, we all played another session and after 1 hour, I was
ahead and Barb had already won at slots so we both quite for the night.
Tomorrow we land in Turkey
at the port of Kusadasi
Night-night
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| The flea market |
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| Must have that scarf! |
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| The meat market |
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| How about rabbitt |
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| Lunch was ??? |
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| A leather shop |
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| Sunset |
