Final entry, Eastern European edition

[bktheirregular]

It is ten minutes to 3 in the afternoon, Athens time. In fourteen hours and change, I catch a taxi to Athens airport for the flight home.

In case Alitalia draws the ire of Murphy or Al Qaeda, for the record:

The Minoan Flying Dolphins' catamaran ferries are named:

Highspeed One
Highspeed Two
Highspeed Three
Highspeed Four

That's it. That's even the name they've got on the life preserver rings.

At least the traditional ferries serving the islands bear names like "Pegasus" and "Apollon". Granted, the names are actually "Express Pegasus" and "Express Apollon", but it's a little better.

Never leave naming of a ship in the hands of a marketing department without imagination.

Next entry, Fate willing, will be from the East Coast of the United States.

Pictures to follow as soon as I can figure out how to publish 'em.

Close entry.

Comments

[hawkmoth.livejournal.com]

>>The Minoan Flying Dolphins' catamaran ferries are named:

Highspeed One
Highspeed Two
Highspeed Three
Highspeed Four<<

Good grief. That is seriously boring and unimaginative.

Enjoy the rest of your vacation, and have a safe trip home.

[bktheirregular]

Seriously.

And thanks! Will work out how to get the grand prize to you once my feet are on solid ground again, ok? :)

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Highspeed One
Highspeed Two
Highspeed Three
Highspeed Four

Dear God/dess. I was JOKING when I said One, Two, Three and Four...

[bktheirregular]

Yeah, well, that's why you get the consolation prize, which, by coincidence, is much the same as the grand prize. :)

If you think that's bad, you should see them try and spell out "Highspeed" in Greek on the stern of the two cat-hulls. They don't translate it, just transliterate it, and the result splits the difference between pathetic and amusing. I may have gotten one shot of it, I don't know...

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, that's why you get the consolation prize, which, by coincidence, is much the same as the grand prize. :)

{does little happy dance}

They don't translate it, just transliterate it, and the result splits the difference between pathetic and amusing.

Oh, dear...