Nights are very interesting affairs in our part of the cruiseship. After loading us up with plates of food, many of us happily submit to sleep. Notice the 'most'. It seems that all of those that do not like 'most's live in our part of the ship. We have been going to bed early lately. Like real early. Like before 9pm. After all, we are up every morning at 6 or earlier, and spend most of the day actively. Therefor, sleep is a very welcomed event. But then there a...

I did not have very high expectations of Patmos, and I was very impressed with this stop. After a few hours sailing away from kusadasi, we pulled into the bay of Patmos. Patmos is a small island in the dodacanese of Greece. The island forms a small hilly crescent, with traditional white buildings built up the sides. When we were waiting to disembark, we overheard a family talking about taking a taxi to the top of the highest hill where there is a monastery hangi...

I can totally get how people get fat on cruises. It's just too easy.. There is amazing food just a few paces away from you at all times. Each meal is accompanied by a whole separate table of various desserts. All you have to do between stops is sit in the sun, read, and listen to music. Quite the life. Except I did manage to get a burn on my chest. Not so good. Our room is little but comfortable. We where hardly in it at all anyway. So first stop was the islan...

They call them boats. I call them floating high rises. So this morning we got up early, ate breakfast, and headed to monstriaki square for the metro. Yup, we are brave, Greek public transit. We got to the metro, and asked the man when the metro to the port leaves. He pointed to the train getting ready to leave the station. We ran. The metro was very interesting, passing by tall offices and falling apart, ancient buildings. The contrast was crazy. When we got to...

Well I would definitely say I have had many once in a lifetime experiences today. I saw one of the wonders of the ancient world. I walked up the acropolis. I shopped in a Greek flea market, and found my fav Greek store: the hippie store. Oh yeah, and I almost got pick pocketed. Will get back to that later. So we woke up to sunshine, which was amazing. It was t shirt and pants weather, and we were pretty excited about that. We walked from our little hotel through...