After a 50 minute train ride to Civitavecchia (that’s pronounced chivitaveckia) we got on the cruise ship at about 2pm today. Very nice boat, as expected. Our room looks good, even though it is an inside-stateroom (i.e. no window/porthole/etc.) . Had to endure a muster drill (everybody wears their lifejacket, goes to their designated spot and stands around while the ship says “we have to do this”) as well as a delay in departure from the docks because of a plane that didn’t land on schedule or something. But we got to see a great sunset at the dock (yes, took pics) and were finally on our way about 8:30pm.
Just finished a 5 course dinner and we’re pretty much too full to move. Docking in Naples tomorrow, with an excursion to Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius starting at 8:15am – yes, that early. Already missing Rome, but looking forward to seeing the new cities as we go. Set up an internet account, so not only will we be blogging, we’ll also be able to upload pictures (I’ll try to set up one or two for tomorrow’s posting). So now it’s 10 more days on the boat with many cities and stops along the way. We’ll keep you all posted!
Just a little encouragement to keep up the postings – don’t want to see 0 comments on consecutive days, do we? Keep walking off those 5-course meals now.
Chris, Kirsten and James
Ah yes, the mandatory life jacket drill, I remember it well. I think we mutinied and went straight to the Lido deck for a beverage. Sounds like you are having the trip of a lifetime, I am looking forward to seeing the pictures of the sunset. But alas, I must segue at this point. I am not sure how to make the outdoor front light illuminate. It would seem that you have some sort of advanced timer control on it that I tried to set up unsuccessfully. Any insight that you could provide? Other than that, no sign of Joe Pesci and his co-hort :-)
Cheers,
Home Alone in PoCo.
Try pushing the round knob in. It’s a timer knob as well as a button switch. We don’t even know how the timer works ;).