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Day Six

Day Six began with some good old-fashioned Manitoba teamwork. There were about 12 JIMers out of the 130 who registered for the same cruise that we did - so a few conversations with the front desk, and we'd arranged a 15-passenger bus to take us all from the hotel to Piraeus, a port city about 45 minutes outside of downtown Athens. From there, the morning was a whirlwind of check-ins, line-ups, safety drills - and then we were off...

The afternoon was not particularly noteworthy, other than the fact that it was nice to finally have an excuse to slow down and relax for a while. We had lunch on our own (a beautiful table for two overlooking the sea) and explored the ship for a while. Geoff was feeling a little seasick when we hit a rough patch midafternoon, and I tried very hard to be supportive - but he looked so funny! He was totally fine after he lay down for a while. Which is good because we pulled into the island of Mykonos just before dusk and it was time to go explore.

Mykonos is beautiful. It's an entire island where every single building is whitewashed twice a year - making it overwhelmingly pristine-looking, and incredibly distinctive. We found some of the famous coastal churches and windmills, and spent the rest of our time wandering around the harbour area, through all the little shops set up on a literal maze of cobblestone streets (pretty much the definition of a tourist trap).

When we got back to the ship, it was time for dinner, which was another adventure. We were seated with two American girls who immediately apologized for being American - they assured us quickly that they had not voted for Bush in either election. Kind of funny.

We didn't take in any of the late-night stuff - still recovering from the 10K, and (as you'll see in our next post) we had another early morning coming up...

Labels: Greece, My Life, The Boy, Travel

posted by Lindsay @ 9:30 AM