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jpalbny "Live from...." Rare

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Just got our documents today. Yea! SS is supposedly watching the Athens situation since the cabbies have blockaded the port. Anyone else coming?

 

 

Gee - first Athens, now Oslo - what's next? Afraid to ask... Good luck!

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We are here! Rocky but here. Our transfer time to the connecting flight was 10 min! but since the flight was delayed 1/2 hr, we made it as well as our luggage. Amazing! All is well on the Wind. Capt Palmieri, Colin, CD, Bertrand, HD, Gilbert, maitre'd and Richard, Chef. There are 260 guests, the ship is chock-a-block including multiple children. Will see how the pool gets used today. All port days for a while so it may calm down by the time a seaday gets here. The weather in Rhodes today is low 80s with great breezes, better than home! Santorini tomorrow.

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We are here! Rocky but here. Our transfer time to the connecting flight was 10 min! but since the flight was delayed 1/2 hr, we made it as well as our luggage. Amazing! All is well on the Wind. Capt Palmieri, Colin, CD, Bertrand, HD, Gilbert, maitre'd and Richard, Chef. There are 260 guests, the ship is chock-a-block including multiple children. Will see how the pool gets used today. All port days for a while so it may calm down by the time a seaday gets here. The weather in Rhodes today is low 80s with great breezes, better than home! Santorini tomorrow.

 

Thanks for the update--sounds a bit nerve-racking, but glad to hear you have settled in. How were things in Athens--getting to Pireaus, etc.?

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Yesterday was interesting and, luckily, we slept through most of it. As we left Rhodes, the winds and the seas got fairly rough. The Capt decided to skip Santorini and seek shelter in the harbor at Milos. Good move. We have spent the day here and will sail later so the wind and sea will have less affect on dinner, show, etc. We will go to Santorini tomorrow. It would have been a nightmare in the Santorini caldera since it is completely open, the ship cannot anchor due to the depth and there are no piers. So for excitement, the Captain pursued 2 MayDay calls and got to one before the Coast Guard and the CG got to the other first. We were dismissed from both scenes but the officers and crew are bushed but they continue to function at an extremely high level with big smiles. Bless them all. The children and teens aboard appear to have genuine adult supervision and they have not been disruptive. All is well.

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Yesterday was interesting and, luckily, we slept through most of it. As we left Rhodes, the winds and the seas got fairly rough. The Capt decided to skip Santorini and seek shelter in the harbor at Milos. Good move. We have spent the day here and will sail later so the wind and sea will have less affect on dinner, show, etc. We will go to Santorini tomorrow. It would have been a nightmare in the Santorini caldera since it is completely open, the ship cannot anchor due to the depth and there are no piers. So for excitement, the Captain pursued 2 MayDay calls and got to one before the Coast Guard and the CG got to the other first. We were dismissed from both scenes but the officers and crew are bushed but they continue to function at an extremely high level with big smiles. Bless them all. The children and teens aboard appear to have genuine adult supervision and they have not been disruptive. All is well.

 

Sounds like you are having a great adventure at Sea.

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All is calm and beautiful in Santorini today. Seaday tomorrow. The Staff Captain and I disagree about what "warm pool water" is...I guess I lose!

 

If you want warm pool water, go on Carnival and swim in the kiddie pool! :D

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