Wednesday 9 November Volos
Gym & brekky. Watched the boat being tied in to the wharf. A dozen coaches queued outside the fence drove up one at a time to be sniffed out by the explosives dog. Bounding around with tail waving and having a whale of a time. Got the blog and pictures up to date. Won morning quiz. Internet clogged all afternoon. Had luxurious massage and afternoon quiz (lost tiebreak). Watched the boarding ramps being dismantled. Large container ship opposite us named Boxy Lady . . very funny. We are moored behind a huge private boat registered in Jeddah named Prince Somebody or Other. Doesn’t seem to be anybody aboard.
Arrived relatively promptly for dinner. Frank is 77 and has had a multiple heart attack. Vampirella is 47 and has had two major cancers. They are both larger than life characters. All four of them seem to order non-standard food. She doesn’t eat bread, he just orders Steak Diane and a Caesar (neither of which are on the menu) while across the table the other guy drinks milk and eats gluten-free meals which he orders the night before. We are surrounded by a sea of Chinese – it’s like being in Beijing.
Evening quiz (won tiebreak) and show in the Royal Theatre - (not the) David Copperfield. Interesting and talented but tended to leave us hanging.
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