Our tour to Capri was scheduled for 7:45am, so we had to be in the tour lounge by 7am. We ordered breakfast for 6:30am. We got to the lounge on time, but the Italian authorities were late in clearing the ship so we started late. This port is the only one where we will be using tenders and with the wind blowing at 30 knots it made for a bumpy ride to the dock. We met our guide, who either looked like Ben Kingsly or Howie Mendel depending on who you asked, at dockside. We boarded a catamaran to take the 25 minute ride to Capri. Even in the choppy water the ride was almost smooth.
There are 24 people on our tour, which made it very crowded on the small bus that we took to the town of Anacapri, which is the high point of the island. We visited the Villa San Michelle and after a short shopping break we boarded the bus for the ride to the town of Capri. We visited the Garden of Augustus and then had lunch at the Hotel La Residenza, which was one of the better tour lunches we have had. More shopping time and then we took the cable car to the Marina to take the boat back to Sorrento, where we caught the last tender to the ship.
The ship sailed at about 4:30pm heading to Athens. Tomorrow is a sea day and Athens is the next day.
This trip we did not try to sneak booze on board, but bought it from the ship. More expensive, but easier. So last night we had cocktails in Don and Myrna's cabin before dinner.
At dinner the missing couple showed up. They are from New Hamshirer, the husband was born in Ireland and the wife from England. They fit well with our group.
We decided to see the show which was Dan Hagger (singer/jokester). We sat in the front row which I knew was a mistake when I became part of his act as a member of the Jordanairs who were Elvis's backup singers. I got very good reviews for my performance.
Oct 17th - At Sea
At about 4am the winds reach about 50 mph and the ship was like a cork in the ocean. At some point the Captain got on the public address to assure everyone it would not go on forever although all the doors on decks that have access to walking areas like the promenade deck were not accessible until about 1:00 in the afternoon...
Not many people showed up for breakfast. By early afternoon things had calmed down.
Bridge has started with a lesson this morning and we played duplicate this afternoon. Being the first time it was a little disorganized.
Tonight is formal.
After dinner we watched the show called Stardust, a singing and dancing performance of oldies, but goodies. The songs were from the 40's Through Elvis. It was fun.
Tomorrow is Athens.
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Hal
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