Olympia Village Hotel
Travel Blogs from Kokkari
Christmas music and hot weather
... His contract was up and he was due to sign off the ship in Piraeus the next day. We had some wine in Cellar Masters, Martinis in Martini Bar and danced a bit at Quasar the disco on board. It was nice to have a evening out and about around the ship, Breanne, Jenny, Rosie, Oleg, Dema, Tiffany and Danny came out. It was lots of fun, and we danced into the wee hours of the morning giving Oleg a proper send off.
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Our first Port of Call
... season. As we would get out of the territory of one store then next person we saw would say now it was his turn and start telling me they had bargains, After a couple of hours of looking around the port we stopped for a beer and then worked up the strength to go back through the gauntlet of salesman to get back to the ship. We got back to the ship and headed to afternoon trivia and were rested up for the days to come. I really think ...
Window to the water
... back out the window and left it dangling in the pool for a while, thinking I may have broken a little bone on the top, but hey - not much you can do about that. After I was challenged to prove that I could swim 3 laps under water (I had been talking my self up for a while), and successfully met the challenge and won 4 beers for the effort, I decided to show everyone my foot for added glory - of course they freaked out, the sight of it was quite impressive. We decided ...
Ephesus
... Hopefully it will survive in our luggage. If not- we may have some holy clothes. The weather was threatening all day, but it never rained on us. Tonight's barbeque dinner on the deck has been cancelled due to the expected bad weather, so we will be enjoying one of the ship's 4 restaurants tonight. We also will be entertained by a Turkish Dance Troupe. I'll fill everyone in ...
Damn Greeks...
... the road had SUV's and trucks. They must have thought we were crazy. Which brings me to the next part of my day. Cursing the Greeks for PAVING a road through a crazy mountainside, that leads to FOUR houses. All of the houses have boats, why do they need a paved road????? That is so misleading. Damn Greeks. That was my next theme song.
But we made it. We're alive. And I am now a better driver. There, put a positive spin on it. We got more fuel, and ...