SS City of Rhodes, Cruise

Without a schedule, and with no knowledge of what we might find, we drove to Pireás, the coastal city serving as the port for Athens, went from office to office, took pot-luck, and finally made arrangements for a cruise on the SS City of Rhodes to the Greek Islands of Míkonos and Pátmos, a stop at Kusadasi, Turkey, then to the islands of Rhodes, Crete, and Santoríni, then return to Athens.

On the sailing day, soon after we left port, the noon buffet lunch on SS City of Rhodes was mediocre, nothing very tasty, but the dinner buffet that night, was just fine. We arrived on the island of Míkonos late afternoon, and spent a pleasant few hours touring the town. The SS City of Rhodes had anchored off shore at Míkonos, and we rode a small boat to and from the shore. As we returned to the ship at sunset, the ship in silhouette in the sunset, and the town with its lights just taking effect, both made beautiful pictures.