October 22, 2009 – Thursday – 3:50 pm
We slept long and soundly last night. It was lucky that we had no tours planned for today or we would surely have missed it. We had breakfast and set out to explore Nafplion by ourselves. The tender took us over and we proceeded to walk a thousand miles through the narrow streets. It is a beautiful day and it was very pleasant to do this but, actually, I was thinking that it was too much like Sausalito. Very upscale shops, I really think that part of town catered solely to the tourists. We did take a trolley ride through town and saw more of the real part of town. We had lunch in one of the many waterfront cafes. I love the fact that at the door to each one is a man who ‘sells’ his establishment. As soon as you are within earshot, he starts extolling the virtues of his café and tries to guide you to a seat. We read each of the menus displayed in front of the cafes and then chose one for both charm and the fact that they had the stuffed peppers and stuffed tomatoes that are our new favorite meal. They put bread on the table but they then add that to the ticket. Now I know that if I don’t want to pay for it, I need to wave it away. Same with water…, they bring a bottle of water and if you open it, you bought it.
After all of that, we were exhausted so we caught the next tender back to the ship and immediately crashed. I never nap and yet, I apparently did today! Mike is now sitting on the balcony and I am catching up on the blog. I can’t see the screen well enough outside so am sitting inside. I think sitting on the balcony is more important than this document so, I’m outta here…..
Back again…………..Dinner was a quick affair at the buffet. We just weren’t hungry enough to go to one of the restaurants and you can just pick at what you like off the buffet. After dinner, we explored the ship some more and saw there was a show at 9:30 that I thought would be good. I like music reviews more than Mike does, but he came along and thought it wasn’t bad. It was pretty much a ‘British invasion in the ‘60’s’ sort of thing. Back to bed to crash again. Vacations are sooooooo exhausting!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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