A Great DAy in Napflion, Greece

The day was hot and sunny and we had to tender in to Napflion. I assumed that they sent out boats to take us from the cruise ship in to the small port, but I had no idea that the ship carries on its upper side the tendering boats itself. Each boat holds 100 people and our ship had at least 6 on the side that I could see. It gave me great relief that if the pirates hit and sink the ship, those little boats are right there ready to save us. We drew boat #4 and as we were an hour early into port we were in Napflion by 11am. What a neat little Greek town, so very old and slow, yes I think we lucked out in getting to go here instead of big, dirty, crowded Athens.We walked a few streets trying to locate the main square, asked a few who did not speak English but finally found our way to the old square with its many our door cafes and little shops. Most were tourist junk but did find some nice places on the little streets off the main area. We stopped and had a Greek dish of ice-cream surrounded by piles of little hot donuts that were drizzled with honey and spices. Very good! We wandered the shops, sat in the sun in a sidewalk café, where I find I got a bit too much sun on this winter white Canadian skin, and then headed back to the tender by 3:00 and were on the ship and having a snooze by 3:30. We took in two evening shows, which were both great, a very talented ventriloquist and the 2nd show was a rousing musical of 70’s music that was “Showdown” a take off on American Idol where we the audience determined the winner. Off to bed for an early day in the port of Izmir, Turkey, where we will take a tour to Ephesus. This should be a good day as it is the first tour with a professional tour guide.