Day 4: Sea Day

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 brought us a charcuterie board yesterday afternoon.  Re-entry to normal life is going to be rough! 

Tomorrow’s excursion is a private, half-day food tour of the medieval Rhodes area. Should be fun!

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  1. RachelApril 13, 2026 at 5:17 AM

    I'm glad you've figured out how to utilize your butler!! The views are so gorgeous. That was my favorite part about our med cruise - you could see views most of the time.

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