Greece

Experiencing a taste of ancient Greece is quite a treat. Since I've been to Athens twice before I opted to take the tour there yesterday to the National Archealogical Museum and walked around in awe among statues and various other items that are dated back to 3000BC!! Absolutely unbelievable! The urge to touch things was hard to resist, I wanted to feel what ancient times were like. There were rooms and rooms of treasures and some were in quite good shape for their age! I have pictures and more pictures, so stunning to believe. Even though I've been to Pompeii, Ephesus and Kamiros, I still find it incredible to be among anything so old. An experience to remember!

It is also interesting to see the difference in tour guides. I've had 3 now and the one yesterday didn't really share a lot of interesting information, the man I had last year was captivating. Somewhere I have his name and email and would like to write and tell him he was the best guide!

After seeing the Tango Buenos Aires show last night I went to the Greek music and dancing show. Definitely an international evening. The tango show reminded me of Nestor in BA and on the Antarctica cruise. Now he was the performer! But the show was good and colorful and filled with dancing and singing, a typical shipboard show. It was good and worth seeing. I ended up eating at the late seating with Terry and Peter and dinner was nice and then it was off to bed for me.

This morning I woke up and looked out and we were approaching Rhodes. I felt thrilled to look at the scenery as we pulled into port. I love the excitement I feel when I am actually in these amazing places around the world. I know it is a childlike excitement but I can't seem to help the smiles that come out when I realize I am somewhere else exciting and exotic. I toured here last year so I walked around the old town and enjoyed every minute. It is cool and sunny, a perfect day for me! I ran into a lady I know from the ship so we shopped some and then sat at an outdoor cafe for a drink before going our separate ways. I had a coke and noticed the coke can had the ingredients written in Greek. The man told me that is how you can tell if it is legal. If it is in English it is imported from another country and that is not what they are supposed to do in the EU. I wandered and found some musical instruments and bought some souvenirs, the authentic ones were too expensive. Yes, I am coming home with more stuff!

Tomorrow we will get to Cyprus and I think I will enjoy the tour I have booked. It is churches but I chose it because it goes far into the countryside to old villages and that is what I like seeing. I will probably shop there when the tour is in the churches. And then Saturday is Egypt, finally!

Ciao from Greece!