Europe – 2015 – Day 14

Today was out last stop before arriving in Istanbul and the end of the cruise.  We are now in Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey.  Ephesus is the gateway city to the House of the Virgin Mary and also the ruins of Ephesus that date as far back a 10^th century BC (that is old!!)

We have been here twice before and the first time took the tour to the ruins and the House of the Virgin Mary, so we only got off the ship to visit the shops of the port.

As soon as we got off we realized that this port has the most aggressive of all shopkeepers in any port we have ever been to.  They actually sit outside their store and if you go in, they rush in and also block you from getting out.

We spent a couple of hours buying scarves and saying no to a lot of storekeepers and then came back to the ship.

We had a good hour of sun and then went to the Aqua Spa for a healthy lunch and when we got back to the deck it had turned cloudy and started to rain; so, we went inside and Ed went to the Future Cruise office to get options for 2017.

Then we discussed cruises for 2017 and settled on a January 11, 2017 cruise that will start n Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and end in Singapore for a 15 night cruise.

For March 2017 we booked a 14 night cruise from Miami on March 5, 2017 that includes a number of islands that we have not been to such as Bonaire, St. Kitts & Nevus.  Hopefully we will have a group go with us on this trip like we have for the March 2016 trip.

Then, since it was still raining, we took a nap.

After our nap, we got ready to go out for the evening.

Tonight was the third of the big production stage shows by the cast and it was an around the world trip to music and it was one of the better shows we have seen on Celebrity.   For this cruise, the production numbers by the cast were probably the best we have ever seen on one cruise.

We then sat in the lounge and listened to the band play and watched the dancer.

Then it was out typical, dinner at 9:00pm with Jeff and Vera and then on to the casino.

Barb broke even and Ed was up $20 so it was a fine day.  Let’s hope tomorrow we wake up to sunshine and great weather as it is our last day of the cruise.

GO CUBS!!

 

 

Ready to go out in the morning

Please buy my scarf - she didn't!!

We also didn't walk up to these shops

Aqua Spa for lunch