Arrivederci
Roma! I didn’t want to leave Rome,
but it was time to head down to Greece.
I was really looking forward to going to Greece. It was the second reason I chose this
tour – to see the Acropolis/Parthenon.
Leaving Rome we
headed across to the east coast (only took 1.5 hours!) to the port of Ancona to
catch the ferry to Patras. We were
originally told our ferry crossing would take 17 hours. Latest update was it was going to take
22 hours because it was a costsaving measure. Going slower apparently means they use less fuel. Wasn’t this a comforting feeling. Needless to say as soon as I entered my
cabin I made sure I checked where my lifejacket was!
We were told by Leo
prior to boarding that the Captain would put on a welcome drink for us and they
always give us a glass of Ouzo….. woo!
Imagine our dismay when we go for our Ouzo only to be given a Fruit
Cocktail drink… NO ALCOHOL!!!!!!
Obviously more cost cutting measures :::grumble::: But they did give us lots of free
nuts. Yes we were awake up to
them…. We eat nuts, we get thirsty, we buy lots of funny water. They make money. In desperation I had a Baileys on ice
and like many others in our group made my way back to the cabin to catch up on
some much needed sleep. I must
admit I like sleeping on a boat.
The sensation of moving does make it easy to drift of to sleep. Though one did not like being woken up
by the loud bang during the night and laying there waiting for the sirens to
start. I wasn’t the only one in
our group who heard it. One person
wondered if we ran over a speed bump.
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