Today's stop was at Kavala, Neapolis, the seaport of Macedonian Philippi north of Athens. The castle, aqueduct, and old city were early 15th-c Ottoman, albeit on Roman foundations.
It was hot. We had seen the heat wave on the news before we left home and been warned that some tours might not function. At breakfast a kind waitstaff filled the bladder of my CamelBak with ice, which melted slowly during the day and kept me in ice water. We headed for the aqueduct as not being as high as the fortress
But afterwards Steve was game to climb.
The old city (surrounded by a much larger modern city that went on along the coast) reminded me of Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast, but then I suppose both were Greek civilization.
There was no place to dock so we had to get tickets for a tender. Ours was not until 9:30. Holds 120 people and we were full, with the next lot waiting in line.
I took my life in my hands to walk this narrow walkway along the fortress wall, thinking I could walk all the way around (the other sides being much broader and more secure) but there was no way to get from this walk to the others, just a point where pictures could be taken of the city. Glad I didn’t try to talk Steve into it. He does NOT like heights.
On the way back to the ship we stopped in this church that evidently honors Paul’s Macedonian vision.
Got a tender back pretty quick (although as we embarked, I could see the line stretched out from under the shade into the merciless sun.
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