2011 - H & A WORLD CRUISE - ATHENS & HOME

FINAL MORNING COFFEE WITH ROSE, VLADKA & CAROLIN...

EARLY MORNING VIEW OF PIREAUS... ATHENS PORT

AND MY FINAL VIEW OF THE MS AMSTERDAM...

AS THERE WERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE GETTING OFF HERE IT WAS AN EASY DISEMBARKATION AND A SHORT HOP TO THE HOTEL WITH A GREAT POOL ON THE ROOF & A VIEW OF THE PARTHENON ATOP THE ACROPOLIS.

AND ANOTHER VIEW ACROSS ATHENS

THERE IS TIME FOR A TOUR AROUND ATHENS..

PRESUMABLY FAKE DESIGNER BAGS WHOSE SELLER DISAPPEARED SHARPISH WHEN THE COPS CAME TOWARDS HIM.

ATHENS IS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO TAKE PHOTOS. CRANES & TELEPHONE WIRES ALL OVER THE PLACE. & THE CITY HAS WAY TOO MUCH GRAFFITI..

A NICE RAINBOW NEAR THE EXCELLENT MUSEUM WHICH COULD TAKE A WEEK TO VIEW PROPERLY. A GREAT PLACE TO PUT THE STOLEN ELGIN MARBLES & IT'S ABOUT TIME THE BRITS GAVE THEM BACK & STOP BEING SO EMBARRASSING.

THERE IS A GLASS FLOOR OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM & THIS IS WHAT IS UNDERNEATH..

THE GLASS FLOOR AGAIN....

A GIRL DANCING ON THE STREET...

I HAD A MEAL NEXT TO THE STARBUCKS SINCE IT WAS CLOSE TO THE HOTEL & HALFWAY THROUGH EATING I REALISED I WAS IN GREECE EATING PIZZA AND DRINKING GRAPPA. BOTH ITALIAN.

AND THE FLIGHT HOME OVER THE ALPS TO GERMANY

NEARLY HOME - THE BIG O IN MONTREAL...

AND SO ENDS MY TRIP.

MET LOTS OF PEOPLE, SOME NICE & SOME NOT SO NICE.

STILL IN CONTACT WITH SOME & FOUR OF WHOM I HAVE MET WITH SINCE - MARTHA IN FLORIDA, BAKI IN HAWAII & BJ & JACK IN CHARLESTON.

IT WAS HALF WAY ROUND THE WORLD ON THE SHIP & THE REST BY PLANE.

IT ALSO COMPLETES AN AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE IF I CONNECT ALL THE CRUISES I HAVE DONE.

WHAT NEXT?