Katakolon

So...as promised today im gonna write about Katakolon.....Crew enrichment party.....sothe day started off quite early, morning shift, then at 10 we had our weekly emergency drill, which went very fast cause it was monthly captain's meeting afterwards.......after drill it was the meeting.....normally i wouldnt tell you about the meeting but this one was actually quite eventful......first was the usual admin stuff and then most of the officers said something about the crew...thanking them...you know enrichment to the crew stuff......then. There was an unexpected one.....staff captain decided to to his video in a towel....Wow...that got quite a reaction and some whistles......but then captain and chief engineer did theirs......the video started off all normal....captain dressed in his white day uniform...then chief engineer comes in, in beach clothes, and the video ends with captain in his beach shorts, no shirt...and of course it was loved by the crew and got a lot of whistles.......it was a lot of fun to watch.....after the meeting i had another 30min shift and then i was meeting Banu and Ambra to take the bus to the beach party....So......the bus....we had to wait for a while.....so Banu, Ambra and i took some pics....here is us waiting.....

The bus trip...when it finally arrived was quick, 15min.....and wow....the beach had a vibe of note.....it was great, so well pulled off, everyone having fun.....great barbeque, i need to say barbeque not braai cause that is what they called it, honestly good.....we swam....chatted....and just had fun.....here are some pics.....

I stayed around 2hrs cause Kim needed to go back to the ship and he had rented a scooter and going back with the scooter sounded like a very good idea........so around 2:30 Kim and i took the scooter, and yes, i didnt drive, and went back to the ship...So Kim normally drives Harleys....but i guess he had to downgrade a little and do it a little bit more island style......haha.....the scooter was very fast.....haha....but honestly it was so much fun...i actually thought i was on holiday.......back at the ship i went off into Katakolon just to buy some presents.....also tried some traditional Greek brandy, a herb one and a plumb one....so nice that i bought some....my shift started at 4:30 and 3 hrs later i was done.....yay....what a great day......evening consisted of some relaxing time infront of the TV.......good day......

 

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