We docked just outside the city. We ate breakfast and headed into Split. We didn’t leave until 10:00 or 10:30. Christy and Leeman planned to take the kids to the beach which sounded like a great idea. John and I thought we would just head into town and see what was there. We wanted to see Diocletian’s Palace, and St Domnius Cathedral. It was only about 1/2 mile but felt like 500 miles. Luckily it was only 90 degrees today. I did buy a hat at the market because I swear it feels like my head is getting burned. There really isn’t as much to see at the palace. And forget pictures because it is so crowded–I am sure the heat didn’t help.
And of course John did his split in Split. He actually walked back to the sign after we had reboarded the ship. I stayed back and rested.
After everyone got back aboard we had a dinner in the main dining at San Marco Restaurant. Everything was great. We needed two tables to accommodate our large crowd. The kids had their own table and loved ordering themselves. After dinner we got some sunset pictures and then went to a show and enjoyed that. And from there we all went to bed.
We left San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Tuscany, Italy about 8:30 and headed for Ravenna, Italy to board our cruise. There was a bad accident that held up about 20 minutes. It was cutting us close. The guys, Leeman and John were going to drop us off at the docks and then return our rental cars and take a taxi back to meet us. Needless to say, we went to Ravenna but we were suppose to be on the other side at Porto Corsini, so Christy, me and the trips had to roll our luggage onto a ferry and walk for about 20 minutes in the heat before we got to the ship. It was another scorcher of a day and I had to sit down a couple times. We actually walked almost the entire time John and Leeman were gone. We had just gotten through security when John and Leeman text to let us know they were here. Whew!
Once on board it was great. We explored the ship some, put our bags in our room, hit the buffet with all its options.
We all went up top to see us back out of the port and out into open water.
Unfortunately I did not take pictures of John but, Leeman signed up John and Leeman for an archery shoot. There were about 20 people and John got the highest points. Look at this proud winner.
After archery in the Reflections Lounge we roamed around the ship. All the ladie received a free chain so we could earn charms. And we all guessed on the wt of a diamond. None of us were winners but Leah was the closest of all of us. No prize. We went back as directed to get our first charm. We ate at the buffet. John and I were there as the son was going down but the rest of the crew came too late.
John took that last picture. And he even went outside to get it good. The is no edit that picture is straight out of camera.
After everyone ate we head back to the 5th floor corridor for some silent disco. Everyone had a good time. John especially. I never saw him enjoy something so much. But then again, he was dancing and singing with no clue, I could hear him. FYI Silent disco is when everyone has headphones on listening to one of 3 different channels and singing and dancing.
And I think that pretty much took us to the end of the day. John and I left the kids to continue dancing and having fun. It was already 11:00 so we headed to our room to go to bed.
Today we drove to this little town that has a waterfall. The kids swam in the river and really had a great time. The water farther down the trail was so blue. John did his trip split and we have the picture to prove it.
John and I left after a while because they were going to hike some more. We went back and I took another nap-and then when the kids got back we all went to the pool. Ah how refreshing the pool is! tonight before dinner I felt great. Better than I had all week. I don’t know if it was the heat or catching up on sleep but I felt really good. We went ristorante la volpenera. They had a great menu and I think I ate more than I have all week. The bruschetta was delicious and I had spaghetti and tomato sauce which was also delicious. Sefina like my spaghetti more than her lasagna so she helped me finish mine. We learned yesterday that you need a license to serve pasta here. The land of pasta and you need a special license to serve it. The place we are staying at has a limited menu because they do not have a pasta license. Who’d a thought?
We went home and had a delicious tiramisu and off to bed. Tomorrow is a big day. We need to leave by 8:30 to get to Ravenna in time to board our ship.
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