another day . . .

as if by magic, by the time we deplaned in athens, it was the next day.  dorothy ain't got nothing on us.  we had grand plans of catching the transfer to the ship in Piraeus, dumping our bags in our cabin and heading back to the acropolis but when we boarded, they confiscated our passports. and it was pouring.  not to be totally thwarted, we bought two bottles of wine at the duty free shop.  discretion being the better part of valor, we hit the closest bar on the ship and imbibed. by this time, our tummies were rumbling and we hit the buffet on the 14th floor.  they had stations, english breakfast, indian food, mexican food, salads, grilled food, you name it.  we tried it all burp.  after wandering around, we opted for another drink.  the others were not due to arrive until much later.  drinking as you will note, became a pattern on this trip.  hic. finally we opted for a nap and then participated in the fire drill.  off to the buffet again for dinner and more noshing.  soft chicken is very good as is the curry.  burp.  and there, we finally ran into vicki and paulie.  and caught up with the rest of the crew at the gastropod bar and played trivia with assistant director justin until it was time to collapse.

insert:  while standing around the airport in athens waiting to collect everyone on our bus, this scruffy guy parks his brand new suitcase, a carry all and his friendly pup and takes off.  bob and i stare at the set up.  this is how bombs go boom.  we start to back away as mr. scruffy fails to reappear.  we back even further until bob corners two police and they take over.  the funniest thing was bob tapping the officer on the shoulder and the officer ready to pounce on bob.  all was well, mr. scruffy didn't like the cops around his goodies and took off.  eek.