We Want to See the Whole World

The following day was a sea day and the wind was high and the water was the choppiest I’ve ever felt. I took 2 motion sickness pills and tried to sleep the afternoon away. My notes: Woke up 9:30. Left cabin at 11 and went to next cruise desk. Offering$600 OBC but Nate was still sleeping. I better not get in trouble and book something without him! Choppy and windy. Top deck closed all day. Barely anyone walking around. Nausea bags on all the stairwells. Took a nap to ease the queeze plus 2 motion sickness pills. I checked out our photos in the gallery The rest of my notes that night: Cherries jubilee watery and not good A few guys in t shirts at dinner and overall casual even though was supposed to be formal night. Started packing :( Set clocks back an hour tonight.  I struggled for months over what to plan for Naples...I went back and forth several times. I asked my roll call if anyone was interested in a Joe Bananas Limo excursion to Pompeii and Amalf...

September 24, 2018 found us in Athens, Greece. We woke up with the sunrise as I had planned a DIY day for us. We walked off the ship, through the terminal, and straight to the waiting taxis. Don’t worry there’s plenty (as seen on right hand side of photo above)! Our taxi driver was Cris and these are the notes from the taxi ride: All houses made of cement and inside marble Most of the country’s population is split between Athens & Piraeus June - August busy season Most corrupt place in world according to him 45 euro to Acropolis Tourism is the main industry During the drive Cris tried to heavily push us to use him as a guide for the day and we just kept declining. He seemed to get angry about it. We stopped at this viewing point that he said was halfway to Athens He finally dropped us off less than a block from the entrance to the Acropolis   Immediately after the entrance are several artifacts on display. The history there truly co...