Over Packed Again

Yesterday, we had our last sea day. Although, there are a lot of offerings to keep passengers busy, I rarely attended any daytime activity with the exception of the lectures. There were special interest lectures and destination lectures. Somehow, I felt busy without participating in the pingpong,golf putting, and darts challenges, or attending classes in watercolor art, jewelry making, or photography. And did everyone a favor, and stayed away from choir practice. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nCd59Z6qxUb8WPYt6 Michael, on the other hand, faithfully attended The Battle of the Sexes, where he became the head of an eleven guy pack. They looked to him for leadership, encouragement, and solace (when they lost).  They depended on him and he had a fabulous time. Every day, a different challenge- this last day: A Jenga tower. Did you ever see such concentration and focus? And finally, we reached Crete, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean. We di...

One last batch of pictures.....these were taken with Michael's Canon camera. These pics were taken from the top of the Shibuya Sky Tower, Tokyo. And this is where we took the pictures from. Michael has a zoom lens which I wish I could add to my phone. I actually tried a zoom lens accessory but found it bulky and annoying. Taken in Tapei And these are pics taken while leaving the Hong Kong Harbor. I cannot match the night shots with my phone. I'm jealous, jealous, jealous. Here we are in Viet Nam.  These pics are taken in the Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.        Jackal below... When I first saw this pic, took me a minute to see the head of the bird. Probably have to get my eyes examined. ...

We arrived at Piraeus, and the end of our cruise, (final stats for second cruise) and without too much ado, we left the ship, having signed up for one last excursion, that would take us and our luggage, into Athens. Disembarkation is always early morning, and it was unlikely that our hotel would receive us until later. Also, had a few dollars left to spend in On Board Credits and was looking forward to climbing up to the Parthenon, one more time. Quick drive through what appeared to be a fairly prosperous city and then onto Athens. This was the Reader's Digest Condensed version of a tour.  Besides the Parthenon, there was only one additional stop, at a stadium, built in 330 BC. The only stadium in the world built completely out of marble. The first modern Olympics games were held here in 1896. A Roman marble throne from the head of the stadium is kept in the British Museum (will look for it the next time I'm there). The heart of Pierre de Co...