Saturday, November 11 – Another Mission Accomplished Here’s another Forrest Gump day when we did what we have done before. As mentioned Thursday, when we were here in 2009, Fabrizio showed us the Amalfi Coast. In 2015, D scoured the city looking [successfully] for a BNP bank ATM to get euros. Returning to the ship, he brought a pizza and local cannoli for our lunch. However, the port lecturer on that trip spoke of getting pizza literally below the Naples cruise terminal, so last year we did just that. If this were a hole in the wall, it would be a step up, but the pizza was good and we decided to return today. First, however, was the Dance of the Free WiFi. D ventured forth into the terminal after breakfast while MA worked on the crossword puzzle. He was lucky for two reasons: most of the crew was still on board for a drill AND most of the passengers were on excursions. There was plenty of room in the terminal and a good connectio...
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Bon voyage!
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ReplyDeleteMy sister just disembarked from the Veendam last week in NYC. Also we transited the Panama Canal on her last November. Looks like you will be back in Madeira on 11/29 ... so close ... we fly in on December 1st, staying a week, then a few days in Ponta Delgada.
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