Time to start the cruise.

Cruise Day, well this afternoon anyway.

Up for breakfast at 7am with our great view of the Acropolis from the roof top patio.
We packed up by 11am so we can be out of the room before checkout.

The hotel held our bags so we could go out one last time in Athens.  The first stop was the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum just a couple of blocks away.  So much ornate gold jewelry.  Some amazing pieces many that were very, very large.

Next, we stopped at a local sandwich shop to have lunch.

Back to the hotel to wait for our car that would take us to the port.

Wow, driving in Athens is crazy.  The drive to the port was disturbing but our driver navigated all the crazing driving of this city.  Scooters and motorcycles pass between cars on the lane lines. For that matter, most drivers see the lanes are just suggestions. As you can imagine, if those driving laws don’t really matter speed limits are ignored completely.

We were too busy hanging on to take pictures or video of the drive to the Port of Piraeus.

Our boarding time was supposed to be 2:30pm.  We arrived just before 2pm.  Passports and boarding pass in our hands. These were check in the parking lot where we dropped off our luggage. Then they were checked by the cruise line. Lastly ,several security checks, security scans, and passport scanned for exit by Greek custom agents before we walked on to the dock. We finally boarded the ship and started unpacking.

We got onboard and found out that the ship is equipped with Starlink! Great!  There are dishes on both sides of the ship.  That should make for much better internet access than on a normal cruise.

Time to wonder around the ship and find out what this one will be like.

While familiarizing ourselves to the ship, we ended up in the Crow's Nest found on the front of the ship at the 10th floor which I refer to as "Ten Forward".

For Star Trek fans that will make sense as it is essentially a drinks and coffee bar with areas to relax.

This ship has something else very different.  A big Lego model of the ship.

We ended the night with our first introduction to the Rolling Stone Lounge band that we would enjoy for the cruise.