So, I'm on holiday. So what time did I get up? 7am! I mean... 7am! The people I work with would be falling about laughing. I'm not known for my love of the early morning sun, that's for sure.
So anyway, as I said, I'm on holiday and today we got up at 7am. But with good reason, because today we were going to the Acropolis in Athens.
We've been before (see our last trip to Athens) but wanted to see it again, and this time we'd have a guide. So, at 8.05 am, we were stood next to the buses waiting for the passengers to arrive.
We
must be getting so much older, because our tour guide didn't look like she'd been long out of school, but she was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Thanks to her I now know that Acropolis means "highest point", and that no other buildings in the surrounding area are allowed to be any higher than the Acropolis rock upon which the ancient temples were built, because that would take away the meaning. I also learned that parthenon means house of the virgin, and that The Parthenon was the home of the virgin daughters of the rich and powerful of Greece, until they were 15 that is. The daughters looked after this magnificent temple dedicated to Athena as priestesses until it was time to leave and be married off.
Our tour was as expected. The Parthenon is the No 1 World Heritage site and is always very busy, but today the crowds didn't overwhelm. The front of The Parthenon was without scaffoding, which wasso much better than last time we visited, but it was very windy up there on the top of the rock, blowing the dust everywhere.
One the tour was finished, it was back to the ship into a bit of a whirl of events. Peter was asked first to attend the introduction to the lecturers brief in the Darwin Lounge. Next, he was asked to attend the singles Introduction event in the Orpheus Lounge, (with me by the way), and directly after that it was the introduction to the entertainment team meeting in the ..................
Good job I dressed for the occasion(s) eh?
Actually, it was a good evening. We ended up having dinner with three actors, a singer, a pianist, a vulcanologist and his wife, and the after dinner speaker and writer Gervaise Finn. All this was finished off in the Darwin Lounge listening to the singer as she remembered Doris Day and her musical achievements. We're quite the socialites!
Tomorrow we will visit Fira, on the island of Santorini. No tours, so we get a lie in. Class.
So anyway, as I said, I'm on holiday and today we got up at 7am. But with good reason, because today we were going to the Acropolis in Athens.
We've been before (see our last trip to Athens) but wanted to see it again, and this time we'd have a guide. So, at 8.05 am, we were stood next to the buses waiting for the passengers to arrive.
We
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| Looking up at the Parthenon from Athens. |
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| The Parthenon looks so much better without all the scaffolding. |
One the tour was finished, it was back to the ship into a bit of a whirl of events. Peter was asked first to attend the introduction to the lecturers brief in the Darwin Lounge. Next, he was asked to attend the singles Introduction event in the Orpheus Lounge, (with me by the way), and directly after that it was the introduction to the entertainment team meeting in the ..................
Good job I dressed for the occasion(s) eh?
Actually, it was a good evening. We ended up having dinner with three actors, a singer, a pianist, a vulcanologist and his wife, and the after dinner speaker and writer Gervaise Finn. All this was finished off in the Darwin Lounge listening to the singer as she remembered Doris Day and her musical achievements. We're quite the socialites!
Tomorrow we will visit Fira, on the island of Santorini. No tours, so we get a lie in. Class.
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