August 11, Thursday - Katakolon, Greece
This is a return visit on this long cruise. I was unable to sleep and got out of the room early to work on the blog. Out on the promenade on deck 3, I was able to get a shot of the moon setting over the city. Beautiful.
We chose to take a tour on the small motorized train. It took us out of town and up into the hills. We passed another small town and some farmland before ending at a vineyard and winery. We could get off there for a tour and wine tasting. The next train would pick us up in 40 minutes. We decided to stay on this one and return to the city.
Back in Katakolon we did another tour of the marina and took some pictures of boats, the waterfront and workers on Oosterdam. We also discovered a small grocery shop loaded with crew members this is where the come to buy water a 1/3 of the onboard price. They came with trolleys of all sorts. Some were retired luggage carts and others were just wheeled suitcases. A store employee directed them to a rear entrance where they loaded as much as the trolleys would bear and returned to to the ship. Our waiters told us that this is a normal process every time they stop here.
These last pictures show almost the entire town. It is small, peaceful, and lovely. The pace is slow even when the ships are in. It is spread out enough that you are not jostled by crowds of tourists. This is probably because the thinking is that there is nothing here. all of the archeological sites are somewhere else so most passengers take excursions out of town. That makes it special for those who stay behind. That makes it special for us. We love it here and we would not mind returning someday.
We returned to the ship grateful for our dock position. The Celebrity ship that arrived after us was located much farther from the gate.
This was a very nice visit.
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