We are en route from Barcelona to Rome. At 7 a.m., the ship was half way between
Barcelona and the French island of Corsica.
The temperature was 19 C faint clouds on the horizon and there was a bit
of a breeze. We started the morning with
cappuccinos at Café al Bacio on Deck 5, then, continued to Deck 14’s walking
track to walk just over three miles before showering for breakfast. At breakfast in the dining room, we sat with
Mike and Sharon from Chattanooga, Tennesse.
There were shallow waves and some small white caps topping the waves.
We went to two presentations this morning. One about the next three ports – Civitavecchia,
about a 90 minute drive from Rome; Salerno with excursions to Sorrento, the
Amalfi coast, Pompeii, and the island of Capri; and the Greek island of
Santorini. It looks like a lot of great
ports in the next three days. We won a
raffle prize of an excursion for one to Ephesus, but we had already booked an
excursion. Following was a lecture about
the history of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Brendene and Brian joined us for the
presentation. When we decided to go to
the dining room for lunch, we asked to share a table with other passengers and
were directed to a table where a couple, from Cincinnati, was chatting with Brendene
and Brian. We were one of the last tables to leave the dining room. We spent a leisurely afternoon walking around
the pool and chatting with Flo and Carol and later with Pat and Frank.
About 2:30p.m., the ship started through the Strait of Bonifacio,
between the French island of Corsica and the Italian island of Sardinia. The body of water, between these islands and
the western coast of Italy is known as the Tyrrhenian Sea. The ship sailed through the strait in about
three hours. We took some picture of the coast of both islands, including a
lighthouse off the coast of Corsica which looked like it was sprouting from the
water
Tonight was the first “Evening Chic” dining room dress
code dinner, where people were asked to dress up a bit more than usual. Attire ranged from sports shirts and trousers
to tuxedos for the men and short sleeve blouses and capris to gowns or sequined
cocktail dresses for the women. The ship’s
photographers set up background screens for formal portraits as couple went to
the dining room.
Tonight’s dinner starters were Frogs legs, Spinach Salad or
Tomato Watermelon Salad followed by either Beef Torunado with onions, mushrooms
and green beans in a truffle sauce or Shrimp Scampi with linguini. Dessert choices were New York cheesecake or
Apple Crumble a la mode.
The house band Front Row was playing in the Grand Foyer, again
there was photographer’s portrait station at the bottom of the Grand staircase
and 15 or so couples dancing as people with drinks weaved through the
crowd. It was a very crowded dance floor,
although we did manage to dance a few dances.
The production show was “Life” with the ship’s singers
and dancers in colourful costumes.
Total distance today 5.6 miles.
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