Athens

Tuesday April 28 2009 - We had planned to take the train into Athens this morning but Izzy wasn’t feeling too well when we awoke so we decided against it and stayed local, we’ve been here a couple of times before so it wasn‘t a difficult decision. The ship docked in Piraeus, about 40 minutes drive from Athens, depending on traffic. Izzy had a couple of bouts of upchucking and 5 or 6 bouts of down chucking during her day spent in the cabin and I made a half hour shore visit to check out the duty-free shop in the terminal building.

The folk dancers on board



I watched a local folk dance show around 04.30pm then watched the ship sail out into the Mirtoan Sea, south of Athens. When I returned to the cabin, Izzy’s temperature had risen slightly above normal, so I decided to notify the medical centre, the nurse arrived at the cabin within 15 or 20 minutes and after giving Izzy a shot and some pills, filled out the forms required by the CDC. Since Izzy’s last symptoms had been around 02.00pm, she is quarantined ‘til 02.00pm tomorrow, they think it’s probably a bug picked somewhere and since she’s improving already, 24 hours quarantine is considered enough. No quarantine for me as I haven’t got any symptoms.

The hazmat team - first time he's been asked for a photograph



Fifteen minutes after the nurse left, the hazmat team arrived to disinfect the cabin, they were quite efficient and completed their job in about 15 minutes, including time to pose for a picture.

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