My first voyage ‘round the world, part 8

While we would have normally kept going east in the direction of the Suez Canal from Athens, we made a u-turn instead towards Gibraltar with Santa Cruz de Tenerife as our next stop. 

The weather was beautiful and while the sun was hitting us hard on deck, the marine breeze made all the difference.

By now we were totally acquainted with our new home, the Galilei Galileo, enjoyed its outdoor deck by the swimming pool, getting to know all the passengers our age, going to see some movies, enjoying the restaurant and its dance hall daily where an orchestra was playing the hits of the moment like “Che sarà”, as well as some ballroom dancing classics. 

The food on board was to our taste, the service good enough for us and drinks were bottomless. The only available activity that JP an I didn’t take advantage of was to go to the chapel and pray or attend mass. 

Life was good, we were getting a nice tan, we didn’t do any physical exercise at all, and we had totally forgotten about our main mission that revolved around selling ski turns the French way!