Change of plans. We are headed home. Just in time to take advantage of some new snow I guess. We retrieved our luggage from the ship on the 14th and entered Greece through the immigration desk in the port. Our Athens hotel reservation (hotel Perianth) went through Friday night. The Perianth was great. Stunning view …
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January 13th. Athens.
Nice day in Athens. Chilly though. Started the day with breakfast at our hotel. It was good, especially the coffee. Then a stroll around town. We headed north up to the central market. We do love a market. Then back south to Ermou street, a very popular shopping area. We bought a few treats and …
January 13th. Athens!
We were scheduled to disembark in Piraeus (port of Athens) yesterday. Kathy got stuck aboard dealing with “issues” until 5ish. So, rather than a 20 minute walk to Metro Line 1, a short train ride, and another walk through unfamiliar streets, we splurged on a 40 euro cab ride from the ship to our hotel …
January 11th. Docked in Piraeus!
A pilot came aboard at 17:00 and by 18:00 we were docked. We disembark tomorrow. A metro ride to the city center and a walk to our hotel near the central market. One of our favorite things is to stroll through open markets. The red mark was to port entering the harbor. Red-right-returning does NOT …
Jan 10th.
Not much to post. Students have been in classes each day 7-8-9-10. Tomorrow morning we all get another covid test and tomorrow evening we dock in Piraeus. We will disembark on the 12th. Kathy and I decided to grab a nice hotel room in Athens. It’s a short metro ride from the port. Supposed to …
Jan 7th. Strait of Messina.
This morning at dawn we passed an active volcano. Stromboli. Then on to the Strait of Messina. Slipped through the narrow passage between the toe of Italy’s boot and Sicily. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Messina ) Then, we slowed WAY down and are basically standing station in the lee of Sicily. We are scheduled to arrive in Piraeus …
Jan 6th.
Students boarded yesterday. Orientation events all day today. They are being pretty good about mask wearing and social distancing. And … We are at sea! We left the pier in Napoli 1:30 today local time. We are finally out of sight of land. And, the decks are moving under our feet. I did notice the …
Jan 2nd. We board.
So, we boarded Sunday Jan 2nd. We being faculty, staff and we “companions”. Starting to develop the ship rhythm. We eat when they serve. No kitchen for us to play in. Need to get on schedule. Today is orientation. We met the student affairs staff, the medical staff, the global studies course staff. We worked …
2022! Day 1.
A lot of walking around Napoli today. This city (the parts we have seen) is hurting. Everything looks like maintenance has been abandoned. And there is trash all over. Sorry, but that’s what the parts we have seen look like. Meanwhile, we got our t-minus 24 hour covid test. Had to wait in line about …
December 31st, 2021.
We grabbed a cappuccino and a croissant in the hotel and headed out. We visited the nearby testing center. They advertise a 24 hour result PCR test. Ahhhh… closed. We walked nearly an hour through a pretty unattractive section of Napoli. We finally arrived at the front of the train station facing the Galleria Garibaldi. …