Well we enjoyed our dinner at the Italian Steakhouse on the ship thanks to Logans poker win! It was fantastic, the service was great from start to finish and the food was devine. We had been avoiding Italian food for the whole trip saving up for the 2 weeks worth we would be getting in Italy, but this was well worth it! Logan even tried a bit of Grappa (agreeing to something he didn't understand) and boy did he regtret it! A combination of wine, turps and gasoline we would say. Definitely not havng that again......Logan asked to be stopped if he was caught agreeing to it in Italy out of politeness, I guess the smile and nod if you don't understand theory only has a 90% success rate :)
Still can't get used to the fact that everywhere over here the dairies sell individual cans and bottles of beer that you can buy for €1.50 and wander down the street anywhere drinking it! The other thing is that you never pay for anything as you go like you do in NZ....even just a simple coffee at a café you sit at a table and someone will come to you....you never pay until the end, and never have to go to the counter to pay they always bring the bill to you. They are just really well set up for it as they ALL have mobile eftpos machines that they will bring to the table for you as well. Its stuff that is the exception to the the rule in NZ that has obviously been standard here for quite a while. They really like you to relax and take your time when you are eating and drinking, and it is like a major event in your day. It is actually really nice and something we really miss out on at home!
Our last port of call for the cruise was Crete. We were docked in Souda which is about 7km out of Chania. They had a heap of buses just transfering people all day but it ended up taking over an hour to get into the city as the traffic was crazy! We noticed all of the buildings in Chania had the upright steel reinforcing rods still sticking up out of the rooves about half a metre. It was almost like a design feature of all of the industrial buildings in the city! We had a bit of a look around at the old Venetian docks that were built in the 14th century, and went for a wander around the old city but a lot of the place you want to see in Crete are out of the city quite a way so you really need to be there for a few days to get in everything worth seeing. We tried to get to the War Museum, but it was closed for rennovations so we just relaxed over a drink and headed back to the ship.
Our last day at see was nice and relaxing, and we went to watch the last show which was really average before getting in an early night as we had to be ready to leave the ship at 7am the next morning. Our cruise experience was great though, and we would highly recommend Celebrity to anyone going on a cruise. A lot of the people we spoke to onboard are experienced cruisers and they all said Celebrity was the best line they had travelled on.
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