We were in Port by the time we woke up this morning. We watched the sun rise over the ocean from our 7th floor balcony. The sky was dotted with few clouds and the sea was calm. We dressed and had breakfast in the Windjammer.
The Windjammer is a large cafeteria on the back end of the ship, on the 5th floor. There are 7 or 8 food buffet's in this place alone, with all kinds of breakfast foods. If you can't find anything you like , then you aren't looking! If you don't get full, then you aren't eating! Ron and I have been trying to sample from all of them, but we fizzle out after thirds!
After breakfast we went outside and caught the City Bus for a trip downtown. We bought a city tour Hop On, Hop Off ticket and took a tour of the city. It was a fun trip. We saw a lot of shops and signs. They were all Greek to me!
After the tour we walked around in the market place to see what we could see. As we walked down the sidewalk, we passed a young mother sitting on the sidewalk with 3 little kids, begging for some change, wanting to sell a trinket to us. . As we continued walking, Debby dug in her pocket for a couple of Euros and said she couldn't pass them by without helping because it was a mother and her children, and they were pulling on her heart strings. So she went back and gave the mother some coins. As she turned to leave, the 3 little kids came running after her holding out their hand, too! They were touching her and keeping up with her wanting more! Now it was more than heart strings they were pulling! Ha Ha! They followed her for half a block! Deb finally got away from them without having to take out a loan.
Enough of that! We went back and caught the City Bus for a trip back to the Port. Once we were securely on the ship it was time for lunch! We were treated to a BBQ on the 11th floor deck. They had about everything you could think of! The ribs and chicken were very tasty!
Afterwards, we found some deck chairs and worked a while on our tan. I hit the hot tub and then took a nap! It was good!
We set sail (so to speak) about 4:00. We had a formal dinner evening. The food was great! I had the Salmon. Our waitress for the cruise was a young lady from Romania. She spoke several languages and was fun to talk to. I told her I was on a seafood diet; whenever I see food, I eat. She cracked up! She had never heard that one before! Ha Ha!
Nancy and Debby had a Thai chicken and Ron had the Prime Rib. For dessert we had a sampler plate with 3 small cakes on it, Cherries Jubilee, and Creme Brûlée for the 4th day in a row. The Creme Brûlée wasn't even on the menu, but after Debby's conversation with the head waiter, he ordered it for our table every night! Sure be glad when this cruise is over....my pants are getting hard to fasten!
After dinner, we took a walk up on the front end and stood on the very tip of the boat. It was dark, the wind was blowing 60 and it was pretty cool! Deb said some people were up there when she first came up, who were posing for the famous Titanic, lean over the rail, pose (when it was going down in the movie). If you think about it, it's not all that funny in real life!!
We've now parked ourselves in our cabin, relaxing. Tomorrow is an all day of cruising, on our way back to Rome. We now must pare down our luggage to get ready for a Ryan Air experience.
Chow!
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