Saturday, October 10, 2015

October 10, 2015


Well today is a quite day on the high seas. This is the first day of a 7 day crossing, and we haven't done much except watch the waves,  we slept in tell eight then went to Sabatini's fo a big breakfast, of eggs Benedict and mimosa's. We did not eat lunch, as tonight is another formal night and that means lobster! 
The seas are a bit rough so we're bouncing around a bit, so that means flat shoes for me. 

Yesterday in Funchal, Madeira it rained so hard that we went in on the shuttle, at $10.00 a person, but didn't stay, and that was too bad, because the last time we were there, it was really pretty, and we were looking forward to seeing more of the island. I guess we lucked out no buying a tour. 

Well time to get ready to go eat again, and I'll try to catch up tomorrow. 

View as we left

Friday, October 9, 2015

Now to try to catch up again

Now that I was able to post pictures, I will try to explain about what else we have been up to. 
 
I think I ended as we were on our way to Genoa, we sailed into the narrow harbor about 6 AM.  And we had an early tour so we had to eat in the room instead of our favorite Sabatini's. So it was on to meet Jim and Val and board the bus. 
First we went to Rapallo, we saw a bridge, from a distance, that according to legend Hannibal crossed during his invasion of Italy. We only caught a glimpse of it,,,, then it was on to Santa Margherita, for a chance to have coffee, and a few sweets, it was cold this day, but at least not raining. Then we strolled along the seaside promenade and looked at all the things for sale in the market stalls that were there that day. 
We then walked to the harbor to catch the boat to Portofino, an ancient fishing village of Romen origin.
We were suppose to go to the church of St George, but the four of us opted out as Jim wasn't feeling all that great and I had developed a really bad blister on my foot. And the church was way UP!  So instead we had a most enjoyable time sitting by the sea, and had a sandwich and a beer. Then back to the ship to get cleaned up for formal night. 
The timing of the formal nights on this cruise has been interesting, but we did have a lovely time. 


Ed really I joyed this beer



Thursday, October 8, 2015

These are Photos from the Paestum Escavations




These were taken at Castello Sonnino




More

Here are photos from San Gimignano 


October 8th sea day

Ok, so I will hope to catch up again, but before I write an tell all I want to try to post some fotos of the past places I wrote about. 

This was at the Buffalo  Mozzarella
cheese factory