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Piraeus


After a night of massive non stop thunder and lightening ... really quite exciting, the day dawned dry and gloriously sunny.
Piraeus to be honest wasnt very exciting... huge massive sprawling port with disappointing rocks and a very swanky marina. We sat by the super yachts having (silly price) coffee pretending we were out with big boys...
walked back through town - it was full of manky looking feral cats and in places stank unbelievably of cat pee.... very little interesting architecture... the museum was closed on tuesdays and we were hot and bothered so didnt venture further into town so we missed the cathedral. Nb - there was no way Dr Fred was going to do 2 huge cities in such a short time... so I placed all the empasis on Istanbul and decided not to push for Athens... after all if it wasn't for Dr Fred we wouldn't be here at all...... 

Back on the ship, I went to the Bubbles and Speak session where you get free fizz and the chance to chat with the somnelier about wine... I personally didnt say much but he was an entertaining chap.. (free fizz helps) 
As the ship sailed out of port we watched the lit up Acropolis slowly fade into the distance... quite a sight.

Mostly on an evening we have early dinner, generally meet up with the 7.00 o clock club for drinks and then have another drink sitting somewhere nice, preferably on the back of the boat outside... the evenings even if a bit showery are pleasantly balmy and its quiet - most people are at the shows or watching the band... if its not a stargazing night ( they keep moving the dates... ) we go to bed or at least our cabin, reasonably early, drink tea eat the chocolate.... except.....after one of those silly but friendly chatty conversations with our 'housekeeper' - (we always seem to be in her way🤣) we now find ourselve with serious amounts of bedtime chocolate every night... neither of us can quite remember what we said but instead of the nightly choccie left on our pillow we get an whole load left on Dr Freds bed🤣🤣......we now have huge stash in the drawer🙂.  
She will defo get a tip....wish I could work the same magic on the wine waiter🤣🤣🤣

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  1. Caroline F22 October 2025 at 16:06

    Oh dear, too much chocolate, you poor things 🤣. Been great keeping up to date with your port calls. xC

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