Our Excellent Return to the Sea – Part 4

It’s been six days since I last wrote anything about our trip, which is unusual for a three-week vacation. I always bring my laptop with me, and I try to write a little every day, especially in the early morning when Barb is still asleep. I’m going to catch up on most of the things that have occurred over the last week.

Still Sick
In varying degrees, Barb and I have been sick for part of this trip. We’ve made several trips to local pharmacies to stock up on various medications, and it’s been more bothersome than we would have liked. Other than a few days in Santorini, we’ve both been getting around, doing the shore excursions and generally trying to make the best of the destinations on this cruise.

7 Days
When we booked this cruise, we chose it for the unique itinerary and that we would be able to see some small towns in Greece, Italy, France, and Spain over 14 days. We’ve met a lot of people on the ship, and it appears that the vast majority of people are disembarking at the seven-day mark and ending their cruise in Rome. This means that tomorrow we will be getting a lot of new passengers and a tiny percentage, like us, doing the full 14 days.

Highlights
There have been many highlights of our cruise so far. At the very top of the list is the overall small format of this cruise ship, which has about 75 cabins. The sails of the ship are brought out every day, and in some cases, the engine is shut off, and we just sail with the wind. Related to the small ship format is how we are able to get to small, unique destinations where there are not 6 other cruise ships.
Yesterday in Positano was an exception as I’ve never seen so many people. This being mid-October I can’t imagine how crazy Positano would be during the middle of summer.

It’s Friday as I write this, and we are almost at the halfway point of our cruise. Last night, we had our first off-ship dinner as we ate at a restaurant in Sorrento. We’ve arrived on the small Italian island of Ponza. We just finished breakfast and will be heading into town very shortly. In most cases, we’ve gotten ashore by tenders, and only once in Messina, Sicily were we able to just walk ashore. After Ponza, we will be in Rome tomorrow (actually Civitavecchia which is where all cruise ships are berthed. We’re still trying to determine what we want to do as making our way to Rome for just a few hours isn’t the best usage of time.
I’ve been posting lots of photos from this trip to my photo website here. I’ll be checking in once more towards the end of this trip for the final installment of this Adventure.
Baden


One Comment
Pyrenne & Dave Tromans
It all looks fabulous, Enjoy! ❤️