Towel Animals

Our Steward likes making towel animals. Here's our collection so far.

Polar Bear

Sea Turtle 

Elephant 

Doggie 

Penguin

Giraffe 

Messina, Sea Day, La Spezia

Ship Fun

We stayed on the ship for all three days - Messina, the Sea Day and La Spezia! We did not do any tours in Messina (day 3), nor did we get off the ship. We enjoyed the day in the Sanctuary. The following day was a sea days. The Sanctuary was much busier but we were still able to find shaded spots after the noon hour.

Scavenger Hunt

Q and I did a family treasure hunt that was fun and got you out exploring the ship. One of the treasure hunt items was to propose to a stranger.

Q Proposing to a Stranger

Formal Night and Some Entertainment 

It was "formal night" so the boys upped their game a bit. I even managed to talk them into taking one picture! We went to One Hit Wonders triva - I never know the names of songs, let alone the artist, but I still enjoy going. We also caught the end of the Top 10 game show. The boys went back to the cabin and I went to the 10 pm production show - Stage Struck. There were plenty of seats available and I thought the show was very good. It was a perfect performance to showcase the round stage.

 

Love by Britto

Love by Britto

is one of the specialty restaurants.  The food presentation was fabulous so I took pictures. All of the food has a heart in it some where.

This was the bread and butter. The bread was in the shape of a heart made.of three sections to form a heart. It was like a croissant. Delicious!

Next week had a Ravioli appetizer with carrot foam (foamy stuff at.the top).

Q and I had drinks. His was a watermelon based mocktail and mine was strawberry based in a heart shaped glass. 

Q and I had the salad - goat cheese, beets, carrots, tomatoes. Yummy!

Pat had the Mushroom Cappachino soup.

Palate Cleanser

Pat and Q had Lobster. Pat said the lobster wasn't the best. It was the first time Q had Lobster.

I had the Beef Two Ways. Very good!

Desserts

Q had Chocolat Lava Cake

Pat and I had the Salted Carmel Ice Cream 

Everyone got an Assortment of Chocolates 

Naples

Pompeii 

Our first port of the cruise was Naples. Pat bailed on this tour - it was the one tour he picked! We did a Princess Tour,  with Aldo as our tour guide.  It consisted of the obligatory "cameo factory tour" which is just an excuse to sell you jewelry. It was short and they had plenty of clean washrooms so fair enough. We then continued on in the air conditioned bus to the boat. The boat ride went past three or four villages on the Amalfi Coast. There were options to sit outside in the sun or shade or inside the boat.  There were beverages and snacks available for purchase. We stopped at one village, Amalfi, I believe, for shopping, etc. Q and I wandered around, stopped for some Gelato and wondered some more. I had to use the washroom, and we stopped for a beer for me and Q had some water so I could relieve myself in their reasonably clean washroom. Back on the boat, we returned to the bus to carry on our journey back to where we started from. Continuing our bus ride, we parked the bus near Pompeii and walked to a hotel where we had a lunch of bread, Gnocchi, chicken, peas, potatoes and ice-cream (not Gelato). There was water and red and white wine to drink. We ate with a lovely Australia couple and another couple from Alabama. Then it was off to tour the ruins of Pompeii. We were split into two groups, to make smaller touring groups. Q and I were in Ava's group. Pompeii was interesting as usual. This was my 3rd time to Pompeii and I learn something new each time. It was definitely hot slogging during the warmest part of the day.

At Amalfi 

Pompeii and.Mt. Vesuvius in the the background 

More Pompeii 

Roads of Pompeii. The raised stones are to cross to the other side of the street during heavy rains/flooding. Our modern crosswalk borrow from this image.

Pompeii Amphitheater 

It was a long day to Pompeii!