Mediterraneran Sailing

   Today is he second of our 2 sea days and we are enjoying the warm sunshine and fine sailing weather.  For the detailed readers you probably know that Da Vinci did not have anything to do with the Sisteen Chapel.  Enough said.
     Our trip down to the port took just over an hour and was the local commuter train which means that it was packed with people returning home in the latter part of the afternoon.  We arrived at the station but could not locate the railroad crossing under the tracks which meant that the walk around took about 15 extra minutes.  Taxis were all at the ships that were in that day.  In fact the next day there were 4 cruise ships in, including the Star Princess.  We found our hotel and then walked back to the seaside for a pizza and beer supper and a chance to relax after the 3 filled days.  We did try to get to sleep early but needed to change rooms later that night.
     The morning of boading we again walked the town with a stop at the local museum. This is an old Roman port so they have many artifacts from early times.  The hotel provided a free shuttle to the ship and when we arrived at 12:30 there was nobody in line and we basically walked right on.   The rest of the day was spent relaxing.
     Yesterday we sat around most of the day.  The port lecture was not very good providing little actual details for our visit to Egypt tomorrow.  I attended a "Spook" lecture in the afternoon.  The presenter was a British intell officer and he put me to sleep.  Judy figured it out faster than I did and was gone in 5 minutes.  Line dancing and a movie on deck filled the afternoon.  The Captain's welcome aboard/chanpaigne waterfall event was that evening.  Few people attended.  There are only 1925 on the ship and it is empty by this ship's standard.  It seems like people are somewhere else.  This ship has a lot of younger couples onboard, not like the crossing where few of the passengers are not retired.  In fact at our safety demo we had the most cruises of anybody! Hard to believe.
      Today we went to line dancing again and Veronica is probably the best instructor we have had on these cruises.  She moved the class along nicely and after 40 minutes we had finished a good workout!  12 bells just sounded.  We are 300 miles from Egypt and crusing at 21 knots.  Pub lunch and perhaps the Art auction come later.  Tomorrow is the 12 hour visit to the Pyramids.  We are resting up for the 3 hour bus trip.  More Later