Mykonos

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Saturday, November 23 I was feeling my absence at the Albany football game.  I had already missed a game but this was Albany and Senior day and I was a bit melancholy about it.  It’s still an adjustment, even from 6000 miles away.  Enough of that… Mykonos!

The island was quite beautiful in the Greek Island kind of way.  All dry and blue skies with whitewashed houses.

I felt like I stepped onto the set of Mama Mia!  But look closely and the Greek people are hurting.  Things look bad there economically; quite a change from Athens which seems to be recovering somewhat.  The Greek people clearly are suffering with the recession and the austerity they are living with.  They have a long way to go economically.  The fact that we were the last cruise ship of the season didn’t help matters for the locals.  Things were already closed up pretty good.  Nevertheless, the town is charming beyond belief and it was beautiful being there at sunset.

Because….cats!

That did present a nice contrast to our visit to Turkey.  The crowds were really so large in Turkey.  Very surprising for November.  I can’t even imagine how busy they are in the summer.  Our two stops in Turkey were highlights so far.  Ephesus gets more remarkable the more I research it.  And Istanbul is incredible.

Well, bye bye Greece and Turkey and hello a day at sea as we head toward our next port, Naples.

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