Bye bye equinox

Strangest day- our flight isn't until 10pm so we bought an extended stay thing to stay on board until 3 rather than leave at 10am and have to stick stinky Rome airport!! Everyone but a few left the ship and we had the place to ourselves for a couple of hours.we sat in a double bed thingo with a cover and sat in the spa and in the sun. Now the next lot of passengers are here- they are off to Istanbul- lucky buggers!!! We have the pleasure of 26 hours with emirates. God help us!!! Wish we were home without the plane trip!! Next cruise definitely from Australia!!!

Pompeii

Unbelievable!!! Can't even explain it- just fecking brill!!! Mrs brown moment!!!
And then- goodbye stinky Naples - there will be trouble because normally they take the Malta flag down before we go- but tonight the jamaican help were slack!!! Nice photo though!!
And one of Vesuvius - awesome- apparently used to be one big mountain and then the top blew off and goodbye Pompeii!!! Yet another excellent day chums!!!! All packed up and ready for home- Rome again tomorrow- we have paid to stay on board till 3 pm but no Internet after tonight- so next post will be from the plane!!! I know you'll miss it!!! Lol!! Da- that means laugh out loud!!!
Note to self:
Things I will miss from the ship.....;
Food
People bringing drinks
Food
Not cleaning ( I know I never do anyway!!)
Food
Roman and Greek ruins
Food
Hamilton. He turns down the bed and leaves chockies at night and cleans the room and is just the business- he is Indian and met his brother in Athens when his brothers ship was docked beside ours.( nearly made me cry lol) And he is a mine of information about Indian cricket!!!
Things I won't miss;
Washing hims jocks by hand
That's about it!!!!
This is the way to holiday- no joke!!!!
More as soon as I can xxxx

Last of the Internet- fuelled by getting ones moneys with of pre paid grog!!!

So it's the last night and rammy is drinking his body weight in jack Daniels!! He also has some new chums
And this is the entertainment tonight
And one of the sunset behind the chimney thingos. ( sorry da)
I will miss that too!!!

Naples

Had the best birthday- dinner was just brilliant at the Tuscan grill at the very back of the ship with wonderful views- and we sailed through the straits of Messina as the sun set- just beautiful. Then we had singing waiters in Italian and birthday cake. It was brilliant!!
Today's view from the balcony is Naples. We went for a walk- for about half an hour- Naples is officially filthiest than Rome. Sorry to anyone reading who may be from Naples but seriously- invest in a street sweeper!! It was bad. It was also closed- probs cos it's Sunday- so we are back on the ship and go to Pompeii on a tour this afternoon. Donkey didn't like it either!!!

Donkeys adventures

Donkey has had a lovely day so far- he has had canoli for lunch and been to the spa for a massage and facial.
The one with the view was donkey chilling in the spa which is right at the bow on deck 14 - we are following 2 other ships but they are a bit hard to see. Other than that- the sea has calmed a lot- there was a queue of people in the spa waiting for aromatherapy treatments for sea sickness!!! Lightweights!!! Now it's happy birthday time!!!
More later in formal frocks!!!!
Wonder what the poor are doing?????? Hehehehe
FCNAT- poolside!!!!

50 not out...

Happy birthday to me!!
Here is today's photo from the balcony- nothing!!!! We are 360 nautical miles from Naples- according to captain Michael!! It's blowing a freaking gale and is very difficult to walk- the poms are still lying by the pool though- getting blown away!!
Will post more later after it calms down and we go through the straits of Messina. I'm off to the spa soon for a rub down!!!!

Birthday eve.

Very windy tonight - and unnervingly a string quartet are playing in one of our favourite bars. If they start playing " nearer my god to thee" I'm outa here!!!! They are very good though- but I'm sure they were on the titanic too!!
And if my husband mentions the word azipod again I shall scream. I really don't care what engines are on here and how they work- as long as they work and we keep upright until Naples I'm all good.
Santorini ended badly for me because there are donkeys that take people up and down the steep road from the shore to the village. There were so many of them and they were out in the hot sun. Not right at all.
Still it's birthday eve and we had a lovely dinner and tomorrow will be a big day!!!
And a photo of leaving santorini. And the tenders bringing people back and forward.