Day 5 - Samos

We docked at Samos at about 8am in the morning.. so we ate breakfast on the cruise... eggs, bacon, ham and bread.. that would be my morning staple for the next 7 days.. can't believe that they didn't offer any different option daily!

Samos is a pretty place.. just look at the city center.

It's just so picturesque, with the palm trees surrounding it.. makes it look like a postcard or something.. but as we're out really early, none of the shops were opened yet.. so we were just strolling around the streets enjoying the beautiful sights.

 
Lunch was free and easy, so we ventured around to grab a bite.. yes.. more gyros!

Think that's the president of Samos or something.. can't recall what that statue was of..we'll just say president of Samos! haha..

We had the afternoon off.. so we decided to walk from the cruise to the beach and have an afternoon siesta by the waters.

Not wanting to tan, I picked a spot under the umbrella (we had to pay like 3 Euros to rent a chair!) while PrincessBling and her hubby went to play in the water.. I got in for 5 minutes but the water was absolutely FREEZING.. and bloody salty too.. made us more buoyant though!

We had to trek back.. UPHILL to the cruise ship after the siesta.. thank goodness I had developed stamina with my exercise regime so wasn't tired with all the walking.

That's our cruise ship!!  It's one of the biggest cruise ship around..but it's disappointing that the 'swimming pool' turns out to be a waddle pool.. and we were so looking forward to lounging by the pool with a nice tall cup of ice cold beer.. instead.. we ended up in the lounge sipping on bellinis and acting mature.. hahahaha.. 

And it was back to the casino at night!  They put on shows on the ship but I wasn't interested in any of them.. casino is funner.  And there was nothing else to do on the boat but eat, drink and play!