Thursday, June 14, 2012

Europe, 11 May 2012


Well, today it's off on a boat for the next 22 days. We'll see how we do with that. The longest we've been on a cruise before is seven days. At least there are lots of port calls and new cities to explore.

We walked from the hotel back to Termini pulling our suitcases to catch the train to the port terminal at Civitavecchia, Rome's seaport. Then from the train station, we walked pulling our suitcases to the ship terminal to board the MS Eurodam. The boarding process was fairly quick and smooth, and our cabin was even ready for us when we got on the ship. But the luggage came later.

The shipboard restaurants were open for lunch. Then we wandered the ship a bit, waiting for our luggage, which came during dinner. Dinner was our first night in the dining room at our assigned table. We weren't sure we would have an assigned table from the pre sailing information. But it is nice to have a regular place and regular servers.

After dinner we unpacked for the next three weeks, and watched the ship sale away into the Mediterranean. It was a good beginning to our cruise. Tomorrow we will be in Monaco. 

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