Day 2 - Friday, October 14
Athens and Mykonos
On Friday we woke up early and had breakfast at the hotel. They had a really nice buffet - it was a great way to start the morning! From there we boarded our transfer bus to the boat terminal where we checked in, got our ship cards, and had our passports taken away from us (they gave them back, don't worry). The four of us boarded the Louis Majesty and walked up two flights of stairs to our rooms. We were on the fourth floor, with two inside rooms. They were nothing special, but totally adequate. After we unpacked and put our things away we went up to the deck to see the view of the Athens harbor. The ship left the port, and we were on our way! Soon after we left the port we had our muster drill, assembled in our station, and watched the crew demonstrate the proper way to put on a life jacket. The best part was when the crew was giving the instructions and misspoke, saying "Ladies and gentlemen, you are now in your muster stations. You will report here in the likely event of an emergency." Like all announcements on the ship, they were done first in English, then in Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese, and Greek.
After the muster drill we had lunch at the buffet. Overall the food on the ship was pretty good. They had one sit down restaurant and one buffet restaurant in addition to the buffet at the pool and the restaurant that you could pay extra for. After lunch the four of us went to trivia, which was much harder than we all expected. We did redeem ourselves, however, during music trivia, which Jeremy won with flying colors. We are now the proud owners of a Louis Majesty keychain and a Louis Majesty shot glass. After trivia we went to one of the lounge areas and read about our port of call for the afternoon - Mykonos. Once we figured out what we wanted to do in Mykonos, we went back to the Fireworks Lounge for more trivia games. This one had electronic buzzers, and each team had a representative who buzzed in for the team. Jeremy, Daniel, and Arielle were really good at the trivia, and kept running up to our representative to give him the answers. After buzzer trivia we went back up to the pool for tea time. Tea, scones, cookies, and cake - yummers. After tea we spent some time on the deck watching the scenery, then we docked at Mykonos.
We were the first group to disembark at Mykonos, and were able to get on the first shuttle bus from the dock into the center of Chora. We arrived just as the sun was setting, and were rewarded with a beautiful sunset over the Mediterranean sea. We walked around the main part of the island, enjoying the white-washing buildings and the small alleyways of the city. We visited the church of Paraportiani and walked to the water to see Mikri Venetia (little Venice) by night. The apartments and storefronts sitting on top of the water were beautiful. From there, we walked up to see the windmills, which are a common landmark of the island. On our way back to the boat we stopped at a waterfront cafe and had some traditional Greek appetizers before heading back to the ship. On our walk back we saw Petros the Pelican, who has been the official mascot of Mykonos for over 50 years. When we got back to the ship we had dinner in the sit down restaurant, where we met Geny who was going to be our waiter for the rest of the trip. After dinner we went to the ship's show, where we were introduced to the different crew. Some of the entertainers started to sing, and they were so awful that we left after the first song. It was probably for the best anyway considering we wanted to get up early for our next ports.
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