Today was Sunday in Piraeus and it was hot, but cloudy with the threat of rain and thunder storms.
We had a warning last night in our cabin that over 900 passengers would be leaving the ship at intervals in the morning to go on excursions, so probably best leave breakfast until a little later. This morning we had another warning, not the one you want to hear when you’re on a ship. There was a water leak and we were given an hour’s warning that the entire water system of the ship was being turned off.
After our late breakfast we made sure to use our time wisely and evacuated whatever needed evacuating, then left the plumbers or engineers to do their work. We walked off the ship and on into the town which seemed closed. Well, it was Sunday after all and we were in quite a small town.
I was searching for two things. The first was the fish market, which I didn’t find, presumably because it was Sunday and it would have been closed anyway. The second was the place where motorbikes go to die. It’s a bike shop on a street corner with some lovely machines inside. Outside is where the scrap bikes are left to be cannibalised for spare parts. I found it, up a steep hill with a children’s playground and dog walking area across the road. Got a photo of a Kawasaki chopper that might make PoD.
Things we’ll remember:
- Late breakfast.
- Water leak.
- Looong walk into town.
- Shops shut on Sundays.
- Today was Sunday.
- Angry dog.
- Where motorbikes go to die.
- Sunset over the mountains.