Friday, October 4, 2013

Piraeus (Athens) Day 1: Sunday May 5, 2013


Today the ship arrived in Piraeus quite early but it is Greek Easter, so nothing was open.  We decided not to do much touring today, but instead to enjoy the comforts of the ship and relax after the last few busy days. 

We enjoyed a nice breakfast in the Lido deck and then proceeded to go to a kitchen tour for the ship.  We learned that the kitchen prepares an average of 13,000 meals daily.  The average weekly consumption of food includes 12,000 lbs of meat; 23,000 eggs; 1,600 lbs of butter, 8,000 lbs of potatoes; 3,800 lbs chicken.  Quite the operation they have running here on the Eurodam!

Following the tour, we went onto the deck and found some shade to lie in.  We spent the next hour and a half reading books and enjoying the warmth outside.  Then it was back to the dining room for more food—lunchtime!

Jessie and I spent the afternoon lounging by the pool, getting to know one of the lead vocalists, Justin.  And Hildy spent the afternoon doing her hair and having some ‘me time’.

When we came down to the cabin to get her, Hildy was reading a book in her curlers.  We straightened up her hair and then went out into port to walk around a bit.  We had hopes of finding an internet café to call home for Greek Easter, but everything was closed.  The port was supposed to have free Wi-fi, but we couldn’t connect.


We came back to the ship in time for dinner and enjoyed another fabulous meal (they do spoil us).  Afterwards, we headed back to the port for another attempt to Skype with the family for Greek Easter, but still we weren’t able to connect.  After 30 minutes of trying to connect to the internet, we headed back to the ship.  This is when an attendant at the port informed us that the internet is down and will hopefully be fixed tomorrow… what luck! Oh well, it was worth a try and hopefully we’ll get to hear all about the Easter festivities at the Nasiopoulos house in a few days.  

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