Day 3: Thessaloniki, Greece

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 9:45 and rode a shuttle bus to skip the 15 minute walk to the city.

The shuttle parked here.

Most places were closed for Easter, though some coffee shops were open at that hour. We walked for about 45 minutes, but didn’t see much of interest. 

Home of a former politician 

A church in a courtyard 

Shrine to the courtyard 

A peek into the church 

Another pretty house

We returned to the ship via the shuttle bus and headed for the Retreat lounge and a mimosa (me) and a Bloody Mart (Charlie).  

Back to the ship (bandaged finger for scale!)

We’ll be docked here until 7:30, so it’s too bad this port coincided with a major holiday! Tomorrow is a sea day as we head to Rhodes, a Greek island.

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