We left on our Mediterranean Cruise on Monday Oct 6th. We took a train from tome to the port of Rome. We got on Board about 1 pm. We the Celebrity Reflection cruise ship departed at 5 pm. The ship is absolutely gorgeous. It holds 3,000 guests. It is only 3 years old. It isn’t noisy at all. The food has been very good. The entertainment has been outstanding. We have seen three shows already.

The Catholic ANswers hadds a daily Mass to our agenda. When we are at sea we all meet from 10-noonand 2-3 Pm for lcctures. We have had 4 lectures so far from 4 different speakers. Three of the 4 have been very good. The best being on Dante’d Divine Comedy. Fred downloaded a copy after hearing the lecture!

Santorini

We had take a tender from the ship to shore in rather rough waters. The islands in this group were created by a volcanic  explosion . The island of Santorini is about 20 miles long but sits on high cliffs overlooking the ocean. We did take a bus up a switch back road at the new port. We got back to the ship from the old port where cable car took us down. The other option was to take a donkey down.

The capital of the island is Fira, high above the old port. The village of Oia at the other end of the island is really very very quaint. The richest people on Greece live there. After going the a local winery for wine tasting, we walked around both Oia and Fira.

We stopped for greek coffee in a restaurant high above the ocean and the streets of Oia. It was wonderful.

We are now at sea and will dock in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday morning.

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