Before I start to describe our day today, I wanted to recap our fabulous evening last night. We had a Greek themed dinner show last night in the Plaka area of Athens- big shopping and restaurant area which is the neatest place on earth- it reminded me a little bit like a cross between St. Paul de Vance in Nice and Brussels. The shopping will be amazing but I promised myself I am going to wait till we get back to Athens because I don’t want to lug around a bunch of stuff…patience is a virtue right?
Our dinner was fabulous- we were served about 6 appetizers to get a little taste of everything- and we tasted everything. While eating we were entertained by folk dancers and singers and traditional music. If you have seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding- you pretty much have the general idea of our evening. We had a entrée of our choice, Brad and I both chose the lamb since we were in Greece- this lamb was not as good as the lamb we had earlier today- maybe cause this was roasted lamb, and we had grilled before.
We also were provided unlimited wine and beer- Brad and I finished off a bottle a red and it was excellent- light and a little fruity- kind of like a Pinot Noir for all you wine snobs. For dessert, which we could hardly fathom since we were so full- we had baklava. Best ever!!!! I am not a huge baklava fan, I could take it or leave it. But if I could eat this everyday for the rest of my life, I would be a very happy person. Brad bought me 3 red roses from a woman who was walking around selling flowers, they were beautiful.
When we got back to out room, our local hotel guide had sent up to our room a bottle of wine, fruit, nuts, chilled water and a card wishing us a happy honeymoon. We were both really shocked and while we really wanted to pop open the bottle, we decided to save it for back home- hoping it travels alright. But overall, a perfect evening.
This morning we woke up and packed up our things again to leave for the cruise for 4 nights. It was a quick drive to the port and boarding did not take too long at all, not at all like Carnival Cruise- but then again, this boat only holds 1000 people and is considerably smaller. It is larger than the Nile River boat we were on last week. This ship is…well…the best way to put it is that the ship is old. I bet this was an old Royal Caribbean that was sold off when new ones were built, this one is probably circa 1981. But the positive thing is that we are not here for the boat, we are here for the Islands and the sights.
We got situated on the boat and had our required life jacket/emergency drill which is always loads of fun! Afterwards we had the afternoon to ourselves to eat, explore the ship, unpack and participate in any of the ship activities. We decided to eat in the main dining room for Lunch since we were tired of buffets and our guide told us that the main dining room for lunch is usually not busy at all- she was right. The meal was nice and we got to meet some more Americans on another tour at our table.
Our ship left about 90 minutes late because there were about 120 Canadians that had a late flight and needed to get on the ship- so we waited. Since that is a large % of our ship they needed to wait, but that meant that we wouldn’t get into Mykonos until after sunset…big bummer. We were so excited to get pictures of the sugar-cube houses and blue domed churches, but now we had to explore at night. Regardless, we went to the island and our guide gave us a mini walking tour of the island and pointed out the most popular things to see, Brad got some really decent pictures of the sights using a bunch of different setting on the camera- so all was not lost. We finally got to do a little shopping which was fun- we got some paintings of the city to hang in our bathroom, by far my favorite purchase. And then after taking a few more shots, we went back to the boat.
Tomorrow will be an early morning as we leave the ship at 7am for Kudasai, Turkey. We are going to see the Home of the Virgin Mary and Ancient Ephesus. Then in the afternoon we go to Patmos to see where the book of Revelations was written. I am calling tomorrow our pilgrimage day.
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