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Day 6: Piraeus, Greece (3)

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With a boarding deadline of 4:30 p.m., it was time to return to Norwegian Jade.


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To reach the ship, we walked through the Piraeus Cruise Terminal, where several dogs reside. A cleaning woman identified the dogs as Lisa, Rosamund, and Elias.

(Dogs have been a fixture in the terminal for quite a while. In 2002, the first time we visited Piraeus, we saw a dog in the terminal before boarding Silversea's Silver Whisper.)


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No dogs awaited us when we reached Norwegian Jade's gangway, although the ship does carry passengers with service dogs from time to time.


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The harbor was still busy, with car ferries, passenger hydrofoils, and smaller boats criss-crossing the central port area while Norwegian Jade awaited departure.


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Shortly after 5 p.m., we were on our way.


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Soon after we'd passed the breakwater, a pilot boat collected the harbor pilot and returned to shore.


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Outside the harbor, we passed Highspeed Cosmote 6, a Hellenic Seaways catamaran. (The ferry, built in Australia, is bigger than it looks: It carries 941 passengers and crew plus 260 cars.)


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A smaller Hellenic Seaways "Flying Dolphin" hydrofoil was already up on its wings and speeding toward the Greek Islands.


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Piraeus and Athens lay behind us as we cruised toward the Tyrrhenian Sea and Rome's port of Civitavecchia.


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Norwegian Jade cruise photos:
Introduction to Photo Diary
Day 1: Departure from Venice
Day 2: At Sea
Day 3: At Sea
Day 4: Santorini
Day 5: Kuşadasi
Day 6: Piraeus
Day 7: At Sea
Day 8: Civitavecchia
Day 9: Livorno
Day 10: Cannes
Day 11: At Sea
Day 12: Valletta
Day 13: Messina
Day 14: At Sea
Day 15: Arrival in Venice

Also see:
Norwegian Jade Cruise Review
Venice for Cruisers