Tricia’s Travelogue

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 ...

Here is a map from our TV showing where we’re cruising, in the Aegean Sea.  Kavala is near the top of the map. Yesterday afternoon we enjoyed sitting out on our balcony for a long time, sipping the champagne that was in an ice bucket when we arrived, waiting for sailaway. We finally went to a lounge for drinks by a big window to watch, as we were delayed leaving. About 6:45 we went to Luminae for dinner. We started with an amuse-bouche of pea purée topped with crab. Then Charlie had a spicy crab cake for his appetizer, and I had a grilled apple salad.  Charlie ordered the duck , and I chose the penne arrabiata. Not pictured — sorry! — the chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert.  Both the food and the service were again excellent. This morning when we arrived in Kavala, it was raining, with a feels-like temperature of 47. Both of us are fighting off colds, and since our excursion was canceled, we decided not to take a tender into the city. It’s chilly just walking aroun...