Up to and incl. Athens

So....Civi...time for the family to leave...had a brunch with them at Cagney's...first time for me the entire cruise...why....cause i was nightshift and that was def the time to sleep....after brunch time to say good-byes and off they went....and off to work i went..hard day...embarkation....BUT last embarkation for a while...last cruise for a while.....that night...first time i slept in my actual bed that i was assigned to...slept quite good.......

Sea day, Katakolon and Izmir....hmmmmm....not very interesting....but i guess i do need to mention some of the highlights......and yes...of course there were highlights.....from sea day....lunch time....3 of us decided to go to the Sushi and Noodle bar for lunch....i had the rock n roll role....with smoked eel, yellowtail and avocado...so damn good...i love smoked eel....and at night 3 of us had some red wine in the cabin...enjoying some Merlot and gossip time...so casual and relaxed...exactly what i wanted and needed....pic....yes...me in my casual Harley top.....

katakolon....drill took some time and then our meeting took time...so ended up going out just for some cappuccino...and it was worth it....very stong Illy coffee and thick foam...divine....managed to just chill a little in the sun and do some chats on tango.....successful i would say....and energized for the 2nd shift.....next day Izmir.....well.....i was supposed to take a stroll and lazily find a coffee shop....ended up almost at the coffee place when i realized i dont have a wallet....and back to the ship it was....what a waste of time...but i saw the positive side....more fresh air...inside a coffee shop would not have been fresh air....hahaha.....so..Izmir..like Katakolon....some cappuccino and fresh air and chilling...no internet....and then not to forget....nuts, nuts and more nuts...plan was to take them home...hmmmm...dream on...me and nuts no way.....damn....well one positive thing...less weight to take home...hahaha......and in the evening...4 of us planned to go to Le Bistro and have some wine and a really relaxed evening....and you know what...we really had such a good evening...and be proud of me, i had a different starter...but i did feel like salmon for mains and yes cheese for dinner....so what did i have for starters....i had asparagus with porccini mushrooms, crispy, flaked onions and orange hollondaise....wow...really good....some pics....first pic is me and Iris....then yes...my asparagus...and then a pic of the 4 of us...enjoying an evening with good food, good wine and good company....

Next day....Athens.....my day off...clever Iris....she gave her and me off the same day...how amazing...we would spend the day in Athens...chilling, shopping, coffee...lunch.....just a girls day.....as we left around 10 we bumped into 2 work collegues who wanted to join...we said..one condition they just tag along...cause we dont wanna be bossed around...no problemo....so yes....the day was spent trying out the local coffee take aways....called Everest.....good....not excellent...but good....shopping....i ended up buying a nice cocktail (short black) dress...Iris bought a blue winter jacket...successful i would say...and of course many photos...and yes....lunch.....wot a cool day.....here are some pics from our day out....

Then back with the metro...so handy this metro.....just there by the main street and once back in Piraeus its a 20min walk back to the ship....wot a nice day off...no rush...no stress....just relaxing and nice.....so far it has been a good last cruise...lets hope it continues like this....tomorrow Istanbul overnite...app. snow is forecast....hmmmmm....for now....Athens...amazing...and you know what the best was...that the weather also played along......sunny and quite warm.....
 

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