We didn’t have an excursion planned for today. We have
already taken the panoramic tour of Athens and we have seen all the major
sites. We decided to leave the ship on our own and try to make it to a church that we can see from the ship. There is a stadium between us and the church so we
could only see the top of it.
It was not easy getting over to the church but we did it in
company with our ship friend, Bob. He continued on alone after we turned around
and came back to the ship.
By the way, Bob uses a chair like us. He plans to go to a real pub and try some of the wares.
We saw several homeless people on the way to and
from the church. There was a woman who had spread five or six large quilts to
air out on the fence. The really touching detail was that she had set up a card
table for a meal. There were no chairs, just a table with a few items on it.
She didn’t ask for money. We also saw several homeless dogs. They were skinny and ill looking. Our neighbors
said they ran smack into a demonstration, probably about poor economic
conditions. Greece is not doing well at all.
We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner on the ship followed by the
traditional pumpkin pie. But we also got bad news from the captain. The weather
was sunny and mild today but he says it will be deteriorating. He is worried
about getting into the next port in Katakolon, Greece. So, we are changing
course and going on to Corfu, a Greek island. We had an excursion planned to
visit a farm for lunch but all trips are cancelled. We have another excursion
planned for Corfu.
