Portofino, Italy

 

May 6th;

It is hard to believe that we have are at the end of our world cruise……all 107 days of the cruise.  January 17th…the date we left home seems just like yesterday. 

Portofino is the little group of buildings on the right hand side of the photo below.

We didn’t take a tour today nor did we venture outside of Portofino.  Italy was experiencing a public workers strike today and we were told that many public services including the train and bus services were being disrupted.  The ship reminded us of the two passengers that were left behind in Barcelona because they missed the sailing time.  

Portofino is a really picturesque village.  Yes, it is touristy but the people were friendly.  We were able to view a few preliminary sailing races.  The main races were scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday.

       

We sampled the local cuisine.  Anne settled for some gelato.  Wayne had mussels and wine.  As we returned to the ship, we saw two sail boats testing out the course before the weekend race.

Now we are moving forward to meeting new passengers, table mates and a chance to see the Holy Land;  as well as several places we have seen before and a few new stops.  Follow us along this next and last segment of our long voyage