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more from up on deck ...

Ropes course which I found scary as well...

Pool and mini golf ...

At about 4.30pm we got back on board the Vista...

This is the view from up on deck, as you can see it was a perfect blue sky again ...

after coffee at the top it was time to go back down the mountain....

how I managed a selfie I don`t know ...

Back on the ground I went for a walk along the seafront ....

We then got the Hydrofoil back to Naples. They were building just opposite the port and they were doing the same building a few years earlier on another visit to Naples...

More from the top ...

how did he get there...

There is a cafe at the top as well serving drinks and food and expensive ice cream, 7 euro a scoop. At the bottom near the bus stop I got 3 scoops for 4 euro and it was gorgeous.

Not far to go now ....

At the top...

This is actually a very pleasant journey with fantastic views ....

It is quite steep near the top....

Sorry about the fingers but I was trying to get a picture while hanging on for dear life....

We queued for quite a while as there was only a couple of buses going there it seemed. They were really small buses with only about 4 seats in them. We had to stand up for the 20 min journey. Now if anyone has done this journey on the bus you know how TERRIFYING it is, people were screaming in fear as we were climbing the narrow road up the cliff to the top. I am sure the drivers do it on purpose to scare the living daylights out of the tourists. When a vehicle came towards us the driver would go to the very edge of the narrow road and it looked as though we were about to fall off down this cliff into the sea it was VERY VERY VERY SCARY. My heart was having palpitations, I don`t think I have ever been so scared. It was even worse going downhill on the way back. :eek: :eek:

When we got to the top we made our way to the chair lift, this cost 15 euro return, also for the bus ride from hell it was 3.50 euro return.

Here is the chair you sit in ....

The Island of Capri looked really nice as we approached....

This is where we caught the bus from to take us to Anacapri which is where you get the cable car/ chairlift.

Lets start the day with the view from the balcony....

Aida just pulling in....

It was going to be the third day in a row ashore and I could not wait for the sea day to arrive. :)

I went to breakfast and then it was going to be just my brother and I going on a SNAV Hydrofoil to the Island of Capri. The cost was 39 euro return and took about 45mins.

This is the view from inside the hi speed ferry. There is a outside deck upstairs but it was closed as it was very windy....

Hi all, I am afraid you will have to wait a bit longer for my next installment as Photobucket is down for maintenance at the moment. I will post more as soon as I can.

There was no BBQ place open on the inaugural. We saw were it was going to be. And it was mainly constructed.

Hi, just thought that everyone should know that the BBQ area was closed all through the cruise on 1st October sailing, that's 6 months after the inaugural. I was actually on this cruise and we did not have a BBQ on the sea days. :(

Also they started construction a couple of days into the cruise and it was still being changed to Guys BBQ on the last day of the cruise.

Just some facts from someone who was actually on the ship at the time. :D

I fell in love with the trees in Italy as well. Our tour guide to Pisa told us they are Pine Nut Trees, they're just gorgeous. You're review is bringing back so many awesome memories, thank you so much.

 

 

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Hi Club Disney Chandler, the trees just look so green and come in such lovely shapes and sizes. It did help that we had such perfect blue skies as well.

Glad the review is bringing back good memories as well. :)

Great review

 

 

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Thanks glad you like it. :)

We did it the opposite way around. Vatican first all the way around, Spanish Steps, Trevi fountain, Pantheon,etc and ended up at the Colosseum, then got the subway to termini and train back to the port

Hi bluwes, it was a very long walk but I need the exercise :D .

We were on the second level again ....

I think we went back to the piano bar and finished off the day there. I was in bed before 10.30pm as we had another big day planned for Naples.

Coming up tomorrow night - Naples and our visit to the Island of Capri. :)

Thankfully this lovely woman made us all feel a bit better and no eggs were laid as a result.

She was from Newcastle in the north of the UK. She had been living and working in Rome for the past 5 yrs. She also was going on the train we were and getting off just before we were. Thankfully a train pulled into our platform that was going to Pisa and would pass through Civ.... according to our new found savior from Newcastle.

So at about 5.10pm we finally set off back to the ship. Unfortunately as there had been no trains for over an hour you can imagine how packed this train was. Standing room only with only a smelly armpit for company.:eek: :eek:

Thankfully we made it back in time at about 6.30pm. Sorry I did not get any pictures of the above but I can assure you it was not a pretty sight.

Anyway we went to the pool deck and had some much needed cocktails to calm down. It was very late when we went to get ready for dinner....

Sorry but forgot pics of dinner till dessert ....

The Popes balcony ...

After such a long day we went to make our way to the train station near the Vatican to make our way back to the ship. We were going to try and get a train at 3pm.

However we passed by a nice looking restaurant on the way to the train station and everyone wanted to have something to eat and drink. We had a couple of nice pizzas to share and a portion of fries as well. A drink each as well and it was not too expensive at about 10 euro each.

We made our way to the train station to catch the 4pm train only to find that ALL TRAINS HAD BEEN CANCELLED :eek: :eek: :eek: .

I now started to panic big time, I did not want to miss the ship as we were not on a Carnival excursion. Nobody on the train platform could speak English so we had no idea what was going on. A guy in uniform was talking to the waiting passengers in Italian letting them know what was going on but he could not speak English so he could not help us.

After what seemed like an eternity a woman came up to us as she could see I was running around like a headless chicken and was about to hatch an egg, :eek:

and spoke English and she told us that the station before this one had part of the platform collapse onto the train tracks. This meant they were having to divert trains around it. Trains were due to start arriving from 5pm HOPEFULLY. :eek:

The very center of Vatican Square is now blocked off to visitors but you can walk around the fountain on the left side....

This bridge was very impressive with its statues ...

Vatican City from a distance ....

He Just has to get in on the act again ....:D

It was quite difficult to get good pictures here as it was absolutely heaving with people here, and the sun was not in a good position for decent pics....

We passed a couple of street artists ....

and then made our way to the Vatican across this bridge ....

We went into one of the cafes here for a much needed drink and had a lovely view from our table....

Then it was a short walk to the Trevi Fountain ....

We went on foot most of the day as most of the sights were quite close together. Keith bought a street map with them all on and Sandra did a fantastic job of getting us all onto the correct roads reading the map and the street signs to make sure they matched up.

Rome is full of statues on every corner it seems....

We then had to play "chicken" with the buses as we crossed the road to try and get a good pic of "the Wedding Cake" .....

I love the trees in Rome...

We then made our way to this lovely square next to the Pantheon.....

Yet again we had gorgeous warm weather for October.

The Coliseum looked great as well ....

This next pic looks as though they are adding new walls for support perhaps....

We then made our way to the wedding cake statue passing this on the way....

The train journey took about 50 mins. We got off at the station before the Vatican as we were going there last on our tour. We got a subway train to Circus Maximus and then walked to the Coliseum....

A nice view of the slides...

It was a quick breakfast and then off to meet S&C at the gangway for 8.30am. We had enjoyed our day with them yesterday and agreed to tour Rome with them as well.

At the port in Civ..... there is a free shuttle that takes you out of the port and to a bus stop next to the port. From here you can catch a bus or taxi into town or to the train station. There is a bus service to the train station for only 3 euro each way, buy a return ticket as it is much easier for the return journey.

Now "the plan" called for us to get the train to Rome and then get the red City sightseeing bus to tour Rome on, the hop on, hop off bus.

When we bought our bus ticket the woman selling them said that we could buy a "Berg" ticket that lets you travel on Trains, Buses, and subway trains for 24hrs all for the enormous sum of 12 euro. Yes that's right 12 euro only. So needless to say we decided to get a Berg ticket for the day, what a bargain. :)

:)

So we made our way onto the train platform....

and climbed aboard a lovely double decker train....