Tricia’s Travelogue

This morning we docked at the port in Rhodes, along with another cruise ship that seemed to have mostly British passengers.  Due to some, ahem, miscommunication, we walked about 15 minutes to the Sea Gate before someone found a text sent back on March 3rd, instructing us to meet our guide at the ship. So, back we walked along the very nice boardwalk.  Yes, our guide was just outside the ship, holding a sign with TOLBERT on it…. Maria walked us through a secret gate, invisible in the long and immense wall that has protected the city for centuries.  She explained the three areas of old town Rhodes, la Juderia (Jewish area), the Hora (Muslim), and the Collachium (Knights’ Quarter), separated by religion.  She is a professor of Ancient Greek literature at the university, so was fascinating to listen to.  I’m not sure we’d pass an exam, but we heard a LOT about history and culture. I’m going to post a lot of pics, mostly to give you a the flavor of such an ancient c...

After our brief morning walk in Thessaloniki, we had lunch in Luminae. We both enjoyed the beet salad, which I ordered thinking it would be mainly beets. Had I known there would be so much lettuce, I wouldn’t have ordered a Cobb salad for my main course! Charlie wisely chose the burger.  View from our balcony in port In the afternoon, we followed our usual routine of napping and knitting/Netflix. It warmed up enough for some balcony time.  Dinner, again at Luminae, included a Caesar salad followed by veal cannelloni.  It was delicious and meaty, but the sauce was so rich that I only managed half of mine.  Sail away was late, at almost 8:00, and Charlie captured these photos as we left.  Greek naval ship  Our ship’s position as of this morning  After a VERY leisurely morning, we finally left our room so that the attendant could come in. We did figure out a way to use our butler, who now brings us coffee and croissants at 6:30 each morning. And he brough...

The sun never emerged yesterday in Kavala, but Charlie spent some time on the balcony anyway.  Sometime in the afternoon, the ship (anchored, not moored) turned around, allowing us to watch the tenders coming and going. Charlie captured a nice sunset as we sailed away. We returned to Luminae for dinner.  The amuse-bouche was a shrimp croquette with aioli. We both chose asparagus with hollandaise for the appetizer. Charlie had a sirloin steak over puréed cauliflower and enjoyed it.   I chose roast chicken with a delicious spaetzle on the side. For dessert we both had a chocolate covered mousse with pretzel ice cream.  Very tasty! This morning we docked in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece. It is named after Alexander  the Great’s sister.  The Apostle Paul visited here about 50 AD, later writing the two letters to the Thessalonian church that appear in the Bible.  Fortunately, it was in the 50s and not raining.  We left the ship about ...